korki
Faroese
/ˈkʰɔɹ̥tʃɪ/
noun
Definitions
- a sort of lichen (), used to produce litmus. Traditionally in the Faroes to extract the purple colour.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse korki derived from Old Irish corcur derived from Latin purpura (purple, purple dye, shellfish) derived from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (purple dye, purple-fish, purple fish, Tyrian purple color and dye, murex).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πορφύρα
Gloss
purple dye, purple-fish, purple fish, Tyrian purple color and dye, murex
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- purpura English
- purpuric English
- purpurogallin English
- purpurogenous English
- purpuromycin English
- purpura Latin
- purpureus Latin
- purpuro Latin
- Purpur German
- porpora Italian
- pourpre French
- порфира Russian
- púrpura Spanish, Castilian
- πλατυπόρφυρος Ancient Greek
- πορφύρα Ancient Greek
- ἁλιπόρφυρος Ancient Greek
- ἐπιπόρφυρος Ancient Greek
- ὁλοπόρφυρος Ancient Greek
- púrpura Portuguese
- purpel Old English
- purple Old English
- purpuren Old English
- corcra Irish
- scothchorcra Irish
- korki Old Norse
- فرفير Arabic
- porpra Catalan, Valencian
- púrpura Catalan, Valencian
- púrpura Galician
- purpură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- πορφύρα Greek (modern)
- porffor Welsh
- purper Middle Dutch
- purpur Old High German
- purpura Old High German
- corcair Old Irish
- corcra Old Irish
- corcur Old Irish
- pourpre Norman
- 𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌿𐍂𐌰 Gothic
- púrpura Asturian
- прапрѫда Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- purpuir Middle Irish