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Where does “صوپاپ” come from?

صوپاپ (Ottoman Turkish) comes from French soupape, from French pape, from Middle French pape, from Old French pape, from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς, from Old Norse súla, from Proto-Germanic sūliz.

Ancestry of “صوپاپ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsoupapevalve; outlet, overflow
2FrenchpapePope
3Middle Frenchpape—
4Old FrenchpapePope
5Latinpapaan infant's cry for food; father; bishop
6Ancient Greekπαπᾶςpriest
7Old Norsesúla—
8Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew- →