Where does “joncă” come from?

joncă (Romanian) comes from French jonque, from Italian giunca, from Portuguese junco, from Arabic جُنْك, from Malay jong, from Javanese djong, from Javanese ꦗꦺꦴꦁ, from Kawi joṅ — boat.

joncă (Romanian): junk

Definitions

  1. junk

Ancestry of “joncă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjonquejunk
2Italiangiuncajunk (vessel)
3Portuguesejuncoreed, rush; junk
4Arabicجُنْك
5MalayjongJong (a Javanese-Malay cargo and passenger ship)
6Javanesedjong
7Javaneseꦗꦺꦴꦁumbrella
8Kawijoṅ
9Proto-Mon-Khmer*d₂luuŋboat
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₂luuŋEvery word from Kawi joṅEvery word from Javanese ꦗꦺꦴꦁ
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