Where does “папка” come from?
папка (Ukrainian) comes from Russian па́па, from French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa, from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς, from Old Norse súla, from Proto-Germanic sūliz — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
папка (Ukrainian): folder
Definitions
- folder
Ancestry of “папка”, step by step
папка traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian па́па
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | па́па | daddy; dad; pope |
| 2 | French | papa | papa, a child's father; also as form of address:... |
| 3 | Middle French | papa | — |
| 4 | Old French | papa | — |
| 5 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 7 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |