Where does “porseleinhoen” come from?
porseleinhoen (Dutch) comes from Dutch porselein, from Middle French porcelaine, from Old French pourcelaine, from Italian porcellana, from Italian porcella, from Italian porca, from Latin porca, from Esperanto porka — passed , crossed.
porseleinhoen (Dutch): spotted crake (Porzana porzana)
Definitions
- spotted crake (Porzana porzana)
Ancestry of “porseleinhoen”, step by step
porseleinhoen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch porselein
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | porselein | the hard, translucent ceramic porcelain |
| 2 | Middle French | porcelaine | cowrie, wampum; china, chinaware |
| 3 | Old French | pourcelaine | Cowrie, cockle, or similar univalve shell; The... |
| 4 | Italian | porcellana | porcelain, china; third-person singular present... |
| 5 | Italian | porcella | female equivalent of porcello; slut, bitch, goer |
| 6 | Italian | porca | the ridge between two furrows; balk; sow; A... |
| 7 | Latin | porca | sow; the ridge between two furrows; a balk |
| 8 | Esperanto | porka | porcine |
| 9 | Esperanto | porko | pig |
| 10 | Latin | porcus | a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | porkos | pig |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |