Where does “Schriewpapia” come from?

Schriewpapia (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch schriewen, from Middle Low German schrîven, from Old Saxon skrīvan, from Proto-West Germanic skrīban, from Proto-Germanic skrībaną, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

Schriewpapia (Plautdietsch): writing paper

Definitions

  1. writing paper

Ancestry of “Schriewpapia”, step by step

Schriewpapia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch schriewen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschschriewento write
2Middle Low Germanschrîvento write to write down words
3Old Saxonskrīvanto write
4Proto-West Germanicskrībanto write
5Proto-Germanicskrībanąto write
6Latinscrībōto write
7Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
8Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via Latin Papia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPapia
2Portuguesepapearto chat, to chatter, to babble
3Portuguesepapocrop; stomach; goitre
4Portuguesepaparto eat
5Old Portuguesepapar
6LatinpappoI eat, eat pap
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ-