Where does “barke” come from?
barke (Middle Low German) comes from Dutch barke, from Middle French barque, from Occitan barca, from Old Occitan barca, from Late Latin barca, from Vulgar Latin *barica, from Classical Latin bāris, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις — a type of ship used for traveling or transporting...
barke (Middle Low German): shallow wide boat, usually flat-bottomed
Definitions
- shallow wide boat, usually flat-bottomed
Ancestry of “barke”, step by step
barke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch barke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | barke | — |
| 2 | Middle French | barque | small ship |
| 3 | Occitan | barca | dinghy, boat |
| 4 | Old Occitan | barca | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | barca | small watercraft; small watercraft, barge, bark |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *barica | — |
| 7 | Classical Latin | bāris | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βᾶρις | flat-bottomed boat, used in Egypt; farmhouse,... |
| 9 | Coptic | ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ | boat, barge |
| 10 | Demotic | br | — |
| 11 | Egyptian | bꜣjr | a type of ship used for traveling or transporting... |