oak (tree of the genus Quercus) · the wood of such a tree · a strong or resilient person
çekim: çoğul querce
eş: rovere, quercia da sughero, farnia, ., (persona robusta, resistente alla fatica)
köken: From Latin quercea, nominalized feminine form of the adjective querceus (“oaken, of oak”), derived from quercus (“oak”). Compare Neapolitan and Sicilian cerza.
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese firme, from Vulgar Latin firmis, from Latin firmus, from Proto-Italic *fermos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s (“holding”), from the root *dʰer- (“to hold”).
strong, sturdy, able-bodied, robust, strapping (fit and healthy) · strong, sturdy, tough, solid, (capable of producing or withstanding great physical force) · strong, able (impressive or good)
çekim: karşılaştırma γερότερος · üstünlük γερότερος
köken: From Koine Greek γερός (gerós), from Ancient Greek ὑγιερός (hugierós), from ὑγιής (hugiḗs, “healthy, strong”).
Δεν με νοιάζει αν είναι αγόρι ή κορίτσι, αρκεί να είναι γερό παιδί.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *magtis Proto-Slavic *mȍťь Old Polish moc Polish moc Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Balto-Slavic *-inas Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ Old Polish -ny Polish -ny Polish mocny From moc + -ny.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰermos Proto-Italic *θermos Proto-Italic *fermos Latin firmus From Proto-Italic *fermos, from earlier *θermos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s (“holding”) (whence also Sanskrit धर्म (dharma)), from the root *dʰer- (“to hold”) (whence also ferē and fermē). Cognate with Sanskrit धरति (dhárati), Old Persian…
çekim: karşılaştırma tvirčiaũ · üstünlük tvirčiáusia
zıt: minkštas
köken: From Proto-Balto-Slavic *twirˀ- from a zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *twerH-. Cognate with Latvian tvirts and Polish twardy (“solid”). Derksen does not give a full PBS reconstruction for this term, only noting that "the Baltic and Slavic suffixes do not match." Other cognates within Lithuanian: *ãptvaras (“pen, enclosure”) < Proto-Indo-European *tworH-o- *tvérti (“to seize”) <…
solid (having stable form) · hard, solid, rigid (difficult to split, crush, bend, etc.) · hard, solid (having a layer of rock, or snow, or ice)
çekim: karşılaştırma cietāks · üstünlük viscietākais
eş: stings, stingrs, stīvs
zıt: šķidrs, gāzveidīgs, mīksts
köken: From Proto-Baltic *kietas, from *keitas, from Proto-Indo-European *key- (“to set in motion, to move”) with an extra (adjectivizing) suffix -to-s. A parallel form with -tyo-s (*keityas, *kietyas) yielded Latvian ciešs (“tight”). Meaning change: “moving” > “happy, safe, healthy” > “strong, rigid” > “hard.” Cognates include Lithuanian ki̇́etas, Sudovian kit, Old Prussian keytaro (“hail, greeting”),…