Where does “Болливуд” come from?
Болливуд (Tajik) comes from Russian Болливу́д, from English Bollywood, from English Hollywood, from English Wood, from English Frog, from Portuguese froco, from Latin floccus, from Frankish flokko — to fly, flow, run.
Ancestry of “Болливуд”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | Болливу́д | — |
| 2 | English | Bollywood | The Hindi-language film industry located in Mumbai |
| 3 | English | Hollywood | Resembling or relating to the Hollywood movie... |
| 4 | English | Wood | An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood |
| 5 | English | Frog | Alternative form of frog |
| 6 | Portuguese | froco | flock |
| 7 | Latin | floccus | tuft, wisp of wool |
| 8 | Frankish | flokko | down, wool, flock |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *flukkô | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |