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Where does “پاپوش” come from?

پاپوش (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian پاپوش, from Persian پا, from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭, from Proto-Iranian pā́dah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

پاپوش (Ottoman Turkish): slipper

Definitions

  1. slipper

Ancestry of “پاپوش”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپاپوشslipper, babouche
2Persianپاleg, foot; with
3Old Persian𐎱𐎠𐎭foot
4Proto-Iranianpā́dahfoot
5Proto-Indo-Iranianpā́tsfoot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpóds—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “پاپوش”

  • папуча
  • papuča
  • папуча
  • papuc
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →