Where does “Punycode” come from?
Punycode (English) comes from English unicode, from English code, from Middle English code, from Old English codd, from Proto-Germanic kuddô, from Proto-Indo-European gewt-, from Proto-Indo-European gū- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Punycode (English): A mapping from Unicode to the simpler ASCII character set, intended for the representation of international domain names where Unicode is not available
Definitions
- A mapping from Unicode to the simpler ASCII character set, intended for the representation of international domain names where Unicode is not available
Ancestry of “Punycode”, step by step
Punycode traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unicode
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unicode | A series of character encoding standards intended to support the characters used by a large number of the world’s languages |
| 2 | English | code | A short symbol, often with little relation to the... |
| 3 | Middle English | code | Any kind of plant gum; a gummy or resinous... |
| 4 | Old English | codd | bag; sack; husk |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kuddô | bag; pod; sack; purse |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gewt- | sack; pouch; pouch, sack |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |