Where does “じょうろ” come from?
じょうろ (Japanese) comes from Portuguese jorro, from Spanish chorro, from Romani ćorro.
じょうろ (Japanese): watering can
Ancestry of “じょうろ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | jorro | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Spanish | chorro | flow; jet; ton, tons; bunch; pile; a poor person,... |
| 3 | Romani | ćorro | — |