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Where does “podinc” come from?

podinc (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle English poding, from Old French boudin, from Latin botellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “podinc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpodingkind of sausage; meat-filled animal stomach
2Old Frenchboudinblood sausage, black pudding
3Latinbotellusa small sausage
4Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
5Proto-Italic-elos—
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “podinc”

  • potink
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