Where does “perrona” come from?
perrona (Ingrian) comes from Russian перрон, from German Perron, from French perron, from French pierre, from Middle French pierre, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak.
perrona (Ingrian): railway platform
Definitions
- railway platform
Ancestry of “perrona”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | перрон | platform |
| 2 | German | Perron | train platform |
| 3 | French | perron | steps (to an entranceway), perron, stoop (US) |
| 4 | French | pierre | stone |
| 5 | Middle French | pierre | stone |
| 6 | Latin | Petrus | Peter |
| 7 | Indonesian | penembak | shooter |
| 8 | Indonesian | tembak | to shoot to fire a shot |
| 9 | Malay | tembak | to shoot |
| 10 | Malay | timbak | Obsolete form of tembak |
| 11 | Proto-Malayic | timbak | — |
| 12 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ti(m)bak | — |