Where does “papuc” come from?
papuc (Romanian) comes from Hungarian papucs, from Ottoman Turkish پابوج, from Persian پاپوش, from Persian پا, from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭, from Proto-Iranian pā́dah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
papuc (Romanian): slipper
Ancestry of “papuc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | papucs | slipper; henpecked |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | پابوج | Vulgar form of پاپوش |
| 3 | Persian | پاپوش | slipper, babouche |
| 4 | Persian | پا | leg, foot; with |
| 5 | Old Persian | 𐎱𐎠𐎭 | foot |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | pā́dah | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |