Where does “borcan” come from?

borcan (Romanian) comes from Hungarian borkancsó, from Hungarian bőr, from Proto-Uralic pere — skin; bark.

borcan (Romanian): jar; jarful

Definitions

  1. jar; jarful

Ancestry of “borcan”, step by step

borcan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian borkancsó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianborkancsówine pitcher
2Hungarianbőrskin, leather; hide
3Proto-Uralicpereskin; bark

via Bulgarian буркан

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianбурканjar

Words derived from “borcan”

Every word from Proto-Uralic pere →Every word from Hungarian bőr →Every word from Hungarian borkancsó →