Where does “briġġ” come from?
briġġ (Maltese) comes from English brig, from English brigantine, from Italian brigantino, from Italian brigante, from Italian -ante, from Latin -āns, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts — sound, voice.
briġġ (Maltese): bridge
Definitions
- bridge
Ancestry of “briġġ”, step by step
briġġ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English brig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | brig | A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both... |
| 2 | English | brigantine | a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the... |
| 3 | Italian | brigantino | brig, brigantine |
| 4 | Italian | brigante | brigand, bandit; rascal; present participle of... |
| 5 | Italian | -ante | Used with a stem to form the present participle... |
| 6 | Latin | -āns | Ending of the present active participle of first conjugation verbs; see -ns |
| 7 | Latin | -ns | -ing; ending of the present active participle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 9 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 12 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 13 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 14 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |