Where does “porselen” come from?
porselen (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish پورسلن, from French porcelaine, from Old French pourcelaine, from Italian porcellana, from Italian porcella, from Italian porca, from Latin porca, from Esperanto porka — passed , crossed.
porselen (Turkish): porcelain
Definitions
- porcelain
Ancestry of “porselen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | پورسلن | insulator, a non-conductive structure, coating or device that does not transmit sound, heat or electricity, usually made of ceramic or porcelain |
| 2 | French | porcelaine | cowrie, a mollusk of the family Cypraeidae, or... |
| 3 | Old French | pourcelaine | Cowrie, cockle, or similar univalve shell; The... |
| 4 | Italian | porcellana | porcelain, china; third-person singular present... |
| 5 | Italian | porcella | female equivalent of porcello; slut, bitch, goer |
| 6 | Italian | porca | the ridge between two furrows; balk; sow; A... |
| 7 | Latin | porca | sow; the ridge between two furrows; a balk |
| 8 | Esperanto | porka | porcine |
| 9 | Esperanto | porko | pig |
| 10 | Latin | porcus | a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | porkos | pig |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |