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