Where does “அலவாங்கு” come from?
அலவாங்கு (Tamil) comes from Portuguese alavanca, from Portuguese alar, from Italian alare, from French hâler, from Middle French haler, from Old French haler, from Dutch halen, from Middle Dutch halen — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
அலவாங்கு (Tamil): crowbar
Definitions
- crowbar
Ancestry of “அலவாங்கு”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | alavanca | lever |
| 2 | Portuguese | alar | alar; to give wings; to haul |
| 3 | Italian | alare | wing; alar; firedog |
| 4 | French | hâler | to tan; to catch a tan, to get a tan; to sunbathe |
| 5 | Middle French | haler | — |
| 6 | Old French | haler | to pull, haul; to haul, pull |
| 7 | Dutch | halen | to fetch, to get |
| 8 | Middle Dutch | halen | to drag, fetch, haul; to draw, fetch, haul |
| 9 | Old Dutch | halōn | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | halōn | to fetch, to get, to haul |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |