Where does “tarungku” come from?

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

tarungku (Makasar): a jail, prison

Definitions

  1. a jail, prison

Ancestry of “tarungku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetroncotree trunk; trunk; torso; in a tree structure, a...
2Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim
Every word from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- →Every word from Latin truncus →Every word from Portuguese tronco →
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