köken: Likely from clore (“to close”) + porte (“door”), from its habit of rolling into a ball. Another possible derivation is from an unattested *croteporque, mirrored in Occitan porquet de crota (“woodlouse”, literally “cave-pig”). In any case, the analysis in the first proposal is probably responsible for the figurative extension of the word to "porter, concierge".
woodlouse belonging to the genus Oniscus · centipede
çekim: çoğul stonogi · tamlayan stonogi
eş: stonóg
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Balto-Slavic *śímtan Proto-Slavic *sъto Old Polish sto Polish sto Proto-Indo-European *h₃nṓgʰs Proto-Balto-Slavic *nagā́ˀ Proto-Slavic *nogà Old Polish noga Polish noga Polish stonoga From sto + noga.