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 — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
صوپاپ (Ottoman Turkish): valve
Definitions
- valve
Ancestry of “صوپاپ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | soupape | valve; outlet, overflow |
| 2 | French | pape | Pope |
| 3 | Middle French | pape | — |
| 4 | Old French | pape | Pope |
| 5 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 7 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |