Where does “پورسلن” come from?
پورسلن (Ottoman Turkish) comes from French porcelaine, from Old French pourcelaine, from Italian porcellana, from Italian porcella, from Italian porca, from Latin porca, from Esperanto porka, from Esperanto porko — passed , crossed.
پورسلن (Ottoman Turkish): insulator, a non-conductive structure, coating or device that does not transmit sound, heat or electricity, usually made of ceramic or porcelain
Definitions
- insulator, a non-conductive structure, coating or device that does not transmit sound, heat or electricity, usually made of ceramic or porcelain
Ancestry of “پورسلن”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | porcelaine | cowrie, a mollusk of the family Cypraeidae, or... |
| 2 | Old French | pourcelaine | Cowrie, cockle, or similar univalve shell; The... |
| 3 | Italian | porcellana | porcelain, china; third-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | porcella | female equivalent of porcello; slut, bitch, goer |
| 5 | Italian | porca | the ridge between two furrows; balk; sow; A... |
| 6 | Latin | porca | sow; the ridge between two furrows; a balk |
| 7 | Esperanto | porka | porcine |
| 8 | Esperanto | porko | pig |
| 9 | Latin | porcus | a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | porkos | pig |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |