Where does “ܒܘܪܟܐ” come from?

ܒܘܪܟܐ (Classical Syriac) comes from Old Polish borak, from German Baracke, from French baraqué, from Valencian barraca.

ܒܘܪܟܐ (Classical Syriac): knee; kneeling, genuflection/genuflexion;...

Definitions

  1. knee; kneeling, genuflection/genuflexion;...

Ancestry of “ܒܘܪܟܐ”, step by step

ܒܘܪܟܐ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Polish borak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishborak—
2GermanBarackeshack, barrack
3Frenchbaraquébuff, yoked, beefy; past participle of baraquer
4Valencianbarraca—

via Proto-Semitic birk-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticbirk-knee
Every word from Valencian barraca →Every word from French baraqué →Every word from German Baracke →