Where does “Iercoșan” come from?
Iercoșan (Romanian) comes from Romanian Iarcoș, from Hungarian Járkos, from Hungarian Újárkos, from Hungarian árok, from Turkish arık, from Ottoman Turkish آرق, from English Arik, from Armenian առիք — post, beam, pole.
Ancestry of “Iercoșan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Iarcoș | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | Járkos | — |
| 3 | Hungarian | Újárkos | — |
| 4 | Hungarian | árok | ditch |
| 5 | Turkish | arık | lean, thin |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | آرق | irrigation ditch, canal, a long, indentation used to channel water in a field or garden |
| 7 | English | Arik | — |
| 8 | Armenian | առիք | ceiling |
| 9 | Old Armenian | առիք | ceiling |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | reh₁t- | post, beam, pole |