Where does “Lackporling” come from?

Lackporling (German) comes from German lack, from Italian lacca, from Medieval Latin lacca, from Arabic لَكّ, from Persian لاک, from Urdu لاکھ, from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔, from Sanskrit लक्ष — to protect.

Lackporling (German): Any of various species of bracket fungus in the genus Ganoderma

Definitions

  1. Any of various species of bracket fungus in the genus Ganoderma

Ancestry of “Lackporling”, step by step

Lackporling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German lack

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlackimperative singular of lacken; first-person...
2Italianlaccahole, pit; poplite muscle; thigh
3Medieval Latinlacca
4Arabicلَكّ
5Persianلاکtrough, wooden vessel
6Urduلاکھlakh, lac
7Maharastri Prakrit𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔
8Sanskritलक्षa mark, sign, token; a mark to aim at, target,...
9Sanskritलक्ष्perceive, observe; recognise; to mark, sign
10Sanskritरक्ष्to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save,...
11Proto-Indo-AryanHrakṣ-
12Proto-Indo-IranianHrakš-
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂lek-to protect

via German Porling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPorlingconk fruiting body of a polypore fungus
2GermanPorepore
3Latinporuspore, passage in the body; tufa
4Ancient Greekπόροςa means of passage, passageway, way, opening;...
5Ancient GreekπείρωI pierce, run through; I cleave through
6Proto-Hellenic*péryō
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂lek-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hrakš-Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hrakṣ-