Where does “તુરંગ” come from?

તુરંગ (Gujarati) comes from Portuguese tronco, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.

તુરંગ (Gujarati): prison; jail

Definitions

  1. prison; jail

Ancestry of “તુરંગ”, step by step

તુરંગ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese tronco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetroncotree trunk; trunk; torso; in a tree structure, a...
2Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim

via Sanskrit तुरङ्ग

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritतुरङ्ग
Every word from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ-Every word from Latin truncusEvery word from Portuguese tronco