Where does “papă” come from?

papă (Romanian) comes from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς, from Old Norse súla, from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew- — to scrape, shave, sharpen.

papă (Romanian): pope; food

Definitions

  1. pope; food

Ancestry of “papă”, step by step

papă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin papa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpapaan infant's cry for food; father; bishop
2Ancient Greekπαπᾶςpriest
3Old Norsesúlapillar, column
4Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-to scrape, shave, sharpen

via Latin pappa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpappasecond-person singular present active imperative...
2LatinpappoI eat, eat pap

Words derived from “papă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sūliz →