Where does “פּאָמעראַנץ” come from?
פּאָמעראַנץ (Yiddish) comes from Polish pomarańcza, from Italian pomarancia, from Italian arancio, from Italian arancia, from French Orange, from Spanish naranja, from Old Spanish naranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج — date palm.
פּאָמעראַנץ (Yiddish): orange
Definitions
- orange
Ancestry of “פּאָמעראַנץ”, step by step
פּאָמעראַנץ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish pomarańcza
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | pomarańcza | orange |
| 2 | Italian | pomarancia | — |
| 3 | Italian | arancio | orange |
| 4 | Italian | arancia | orange |
| 5 | French | Orange | Orange |
| 6 | Spanish | naranja | orange; Pertaining to Ciudadanos, a Spanish... |
| 7 | Old Spanish | naranja | orange |
| 8 | Arabic | نَارَنْج | bitter orange |
| 9 | Persian | نارنگ | bitter orange |
| 10 | Sanskrit | नारङ्ग | the orange-tree; the juice of the pepper plant;... |
| 11 | Dravidian | dra | — |
| 12 | Proto-Dravidian | *cīntu | date palm |
via German Pomeranze
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Pomeranze | bitter orange |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | pomerancium | — |
| 3 | Latin | arancia | — |
| 4 | Arabic | نارنج | bitter orange |