Where does “פֿירענצע” come from?
פֿירענצע (Yiddish) comes from Italian Firenze, from Old Italian Fiorenze, from Latin Flōrentia, from Latin flōrens, from Latin flōreō, from Latin flōs, from Proto-Italic flōs, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-s.
Ancestry of “פֿירענצע”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | Firenze | the letter |
| 2 | Old Italian | Fiorenze | — |
| 3 | Latin | Flōrentia | — |
| 4 | Latin | flōrens | blooming, blossoming, flowering |
| 5 | Latin | flōreō | to bloom, blossom, flower |
| 6 | Latin | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃-s | flower, blossom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |