Where does “Gollywood” come from?
Gollywood (English) comes from English Bollywood, from English Hollywood, from English Wood, from English Frog, from Portuguese froco, from Latin floccus, from Frankish flokko, from Proto-Germanic *flukkô — to fly, flow, run.
Gollywood (English): The Gujarati film industry
Definitions
- The Gujarati film industry
Ancestry of “Gollywood”, step by step
Gollywood traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Bollywood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bollywood | The Hindi-language film industry located in Mumbai |
| 2 | English | Hollywood | Resembling or relating to the Hollywood movie... |
| 3 | English | Wood | An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood |
| 4 | English | Frog | Alternative form of frog |
| 5 | Portuguese | froco | flock |
| 6 | Latin | floccus | tuft, wisp of wool |
| 7 | Frankish | flokko | down, wool, flock |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *flukkô | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
via English Gujarati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Gujarati | The Indic language spoken in the state of... |
| 2 | Gujarati | ગુજરાતી | Of or pertaining to Gujarati language, Gujarati... |
| 3 | Gujarati | ગુજરાત | — |
| 4 | Punjabi | ਗੁਜਰਾਤ | — |
| 5 | Hindi | गुजरात | — |
| 6 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 | — |
| 7 | Sanskrit | गुर्जरत्रा | country of the Gurjaras |
| 8 | Sanskrit | गुर्जर | Gurjaras |