Where does “papperstiger” come from?
papperstiger (Swedish) comes from Swedish papper, from Old Norse pappir, from Middle Low German pappir, from Old French papier, from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine, from French -é.
papperstiger (Swedish): a paper tiger, an empty threat
Definitions
- a paper tiger, an empty threat
Ancestry of “papperstiger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | papper | paper; a sheet of paper; a document |
| 2 | Old Norse | pappir | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | pappir | — |
| 4 | Old French | papier | to murmur |
| 5 | Old Catalan | paper | — |
| 6 | Latin | papȳrus | — |
| 7 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 8 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 9 | Middle French | -é | — |
| 10 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 11 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |