Where does “Porzellanfigur” come from?
Porzellanfigur (German) comes from German Porzellan, from Italian porcellana, from Italian porcella, from Italian porca, from Latin porca, from Esperanto porka, from Esperanto porko, from Latin porcus — passed , crossed.
Porzellanfigur (German): porcelain figure, porcelain figurine
Definitions
- porcelain figure, porcelain figurine
Ancestry of “Porzellanfigur”, step by step
Porzellanfigur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Porzellan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Porzellan | porcelain |
| 2 | Italian | porcellana | porcelain, china; third-person singular present... |
| 3 | Italian | porcella | female equivalent of porcello; slut, bitch, goer |
| 4 | Italian | porca | the ridge between two furrows; balk; sow; A... |
| 5 | Latin | porca | sow; the ridge between two furrows; a balk |
| 6 | Esperanto | porka | porcine |
| 7 | Esperanto | porko | pig |
| 8 | Latin | porcus | a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | porkos | pig |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |