Why is Ctrl V paste?

“Well, Z, the last letter because it Undoes the last thing you've done. X for Cut because X looks like a pair of scissors. And V for Paste because it looks like the proofreading mark for 'insert.

Is Ctrl P paste?

You'd need to have a non-intuitive print shortcut, and in that scenario you may well have ended up asking why Print is not Ctrl + P . If you really want to use separate hands for copying and pasting, you can use Ctrl + C for copying and Shift + Insert for pasting.