Where does “korkotrampek” come from?
korkotrampek (Polish) comes from Polish korek, from German Kork, from Dutch kurk, from Middle Dutch curc, from Spanish corcho, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.
Ancestry of “korkotrampek”, step by step
korkotrampek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish korek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | korek | cork; cork, stopper; traffic jam |
| 2 | German | Kork | cork |
| 3 | Dutch | kurk | cork |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | curc | cork |
| 5 | Spanish | corcho | cork |
| 6 | Latin | cortex | The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *(s)kort-ek-s | — |
via Polish trampek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | trampek | sneaker, trainer, runner, athletic shoe, tennis shoe, gym shoe |
| 2 | Polish | -ek | masculine diminutive noun suffix |
| 3 | Polish | -ny | Forms masculine adjectives |
| 4 | Latin | temporālis | of or belonging to time, lasting but for a time, temporary, temporal |
| 5 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |