Where does “porțelănărie” come from?
porțelănărie (Romanian) comes from Romanian porțelan, from German Porzellan, from Italian porcellana, from Italian porcella, from Italian porca, from Latin porca, from Esperanto porka, from Esperanto porko — passed , crossed.
porțelănărie (Romanian): porcelain shop
Definitions
- porcelain shop
Ancestry of “porțelănărie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | porțelan | porcelain |
| 2 | German | Porzellan | porcelain |
| 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 |