Where does “barka” come from?
barka (Swedish) comes from Swedish bark, from Dutch bark, from French barque, from Middle French barque, from Occitan barca, from Old Occitan barca, from Late Latin barca, from Vulgar Latin *barica — a type of ship used for traveling or transporting...
barka (Swedish): to remove the bark from a tree trunk
Definitions
- to remove the bark from a tree trunk
Ancestry of “barka”, step by step
barka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish bark
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bark | bark; barque |
| 2 | Dutch | bark | the bark of certain trees, used for its tannin;... |
| 3 | French | barque | small boat |
| 4 | Middle French | barque | small ship |
| 5 | Occitan | barca | dinghy, boat |
| 6 | Old Occitan | barca | — |
| 7 | Late Latin | barca | small watercraft; small watercraft, barge, bark |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | *barica | — |
| 9 | Classical Latin | bāris | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βᾶρις | flat-bottomed boat, used in Egypt; farmhouse,... |
| 11 | Coptic | ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ | boat, barge |
| 12 | Demotic | br | — |
| 13 | Egyptian | bꜣjr | a type of ship used for traveling or transporting... |
via Swedish a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | a | from |
| 2 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 3 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 4 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 6 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |