Where does “Pinglish” come from?
Pinglish (English) comes from English persian, from Middle English Persien, from Middle French persien, from Italian persiano, from Medieval Latin Persianus, from Latin Persia, from Latin Persa, from Ancient Greek Περσίς — chest; rib.
Pinglish (English): Nonstandard English spoken by Palestinians
Definitions
- Nonstandard English spoken by Palestinians
Ancestry of “Pinglish”, step by step
Pinglish traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English persian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | persian | Of, from, or pertaining to Persia |
| 2 | Middle English | Persien | Of or pertaining to Persia |
| 3 | Middle French | persien | Persian |
| 4 | Italian | persiano | Persian, Iranian; Persian; The fur of the karakul |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | Persianus | — |
| 6 | Latin | Persia | Persia |
| 7 | Latin | Persa | A Persian |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Περσίς | Persian; a female Persian |
| 9 | Old Persian | 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 | a Persian |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | párcuš | rib |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | párćuš | rib |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pérḱus | chest; rib |
via English English
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | English | Of or pertaining to England; English-language; of... |
| 2 | French | French | — |
| 3 | English | French | The people of France; groups of French people;... |
| 4 | Middle English | French | — |
| 5 | Old English | Frenċisċ | Frankish |
| 6 | Old English | Franca | Frank, Frenchman; a Frank |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | frankō | spear, javelin; a Frank |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | frankô | spear, javelin; a Frank |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | prAng- | pole, stalk |
via English Palestinian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Palestinian | Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the... |
| 2 | English | Palestine | A British colonial entity administering approximately the lands mentioned in definition 1 |
| 3 | Latin | Palaestīna | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Παλαιστίνη | Philistia and the surrounding region |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Παλαιστῑ́νη | — |
| 6 | Hebrew | פְּלֶשֶׁת | Philistia, land of the Philistines |
| 7 | Hebrew | פ־ל־ש | migrate, invade |