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
- prison; jail
Ancestry of “તુરંગ”, step by step
તુરંગ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese tronco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | tronco | tree trunk; trunk; torso; in a tree structure, a... |
| 2 | Latin | truncus | lopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | twerḱ- | to carve, cut off, trim |
via Sanskrit तुरङ्ग
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | तुरङ्ग | — |