Where does “periglaciation” come from?
periglaciation (English) comes from English peri, from Ottoman Turkish پری, from Persian پری, from Persian پر, from Middle Persian purr, from Proto-Iranian pr̥Hnáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pr̥Hnás, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós — to fill.
periglaciation (English): Geomorphic processes resulting from seasonal...
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Ancestry of “periglaciation”, step by step
periglaciation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English peri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | peri | A sprite or supernatural being |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | پری | fairy |
| 3 | Persian | پری | sprite or supernatural being in Iranian/Persian... |
| 4 | Persian | پر | full; feather; wing |
| 5 | Middle Persian | purr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | pr̥Hnáh | full, filled |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pr̥Hnás | full, filled |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via English glaciation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | glaciation | The process of covering with a glacier, or the... |
| 2 | French | glaciation | glaciation |
| 3 | French | glace | ice; ice cream; glass |
| 4 | Italian | ghiaccio | ice; icy, frozen, cold, gelid; first-person... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *glacium/a | — |
| 6 | Latin | glaciēs | ice |