порох
Russian
noun+
Definitions
- gunpowder
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic порохъ (dust) inherited from Proto-Slavic *porxъ root from Proto-Indo-European *pers- (rain, dust, sprinkle, spray, splash, spatter).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pers-
Gloss
rain, dust, sprinkle, spray, splash, spatter
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
雨
Emoji
☁️ ☂️ ☔️ ⛈️ ⛱️ 🌂 🌈 🌤️ 🌥️ 🌦️ 🌧️ 💧
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- persillum Latin
- *pers- Proto-Indo-European
- *fursaz Proto-Germanic
- proch Polish
- *porxъ Proto-Slavic
- *pьrstь Proto-Slavic
- *pьrxati Proto-Slavic
- *pьrxotь Proto-Slavic
- prach Czech
- prah Serbo-Croatian
- прах Serbo-Croatian
- փոշի Armenian
- praf Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- پاشیدن Persian
- փոշի Old Armenian
- прав Macedonian
- порох Ukrainian
- порах Belarusian
- prah Slovene
- прахъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- порохъ Old East Slavic
- proch Lower Sorbian
- proch Upper Sorbian
- posh Romani
- poshík Romani