Where does “papucaș” come from?
papucaș (Romanian) comes from Romanian papuc, 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 — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
Ancestry of “papucaș”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | papuc | slipper |
| 2 | Hungarian | papucs | slipper; henpecked |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | پابوج | Vulgar form of پاپوش |
| 4 | Persian | پاپوش | slipper, babouche |
| 5 | Persian | پا | leg, foot; with |
| 6 | Old Persian | 𐎱𐎠𐎭 | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | pā́dah | foot |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |