Where does “papi” come from?

papi (Romanian) comes from Romanian papă, 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.

papi (Romanian): plural of papă; second-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. plural of papă; second-person singular present...

Ancestry of “papi”, step by step

papi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian papă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpapăpope; food
2Latinpapaan infant's cry for food; father; bishop
3Ancient Greekπαπᾶςpriest
4Old Norsesúlapillar, column
5Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-to scrape, shave, sharpen

via Romanian păpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpăpato nom, to eat; to squander, to waste, to piss...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-Every word from Proto-Germanic sūliz