Where does “دورلیکھ” come from?
دورلیکھ (Urdu) comes from English Telegraph, from French télégraphe, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
دورلیکھ (Urdu): telegraph
Definitions
- telegraph
Ancestry of “دورلیکھ”, step by step
دورلیکھ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English Telegraph
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Telegraph | any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code |
| 2 | French | télégraphe | telegraph |
| 3 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Urdu دور
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urdu | دور | distant, remote; far, far off; period, era, age |
| 2 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀤𑀽𑀭 | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | दूर | distant, far, long, remote; distance, remoteness;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | duHrás | distant, far; long, remote |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dweh₂rós | long |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dweh₂- | far; long |
via Urdu لیکھ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urdu | لیکھ | a writing |