a neighbourhood of Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands · a surname
köken: The name of the neighbourhood is first attested as Doornbosch in 1899. The toponym derives from doornbos (“thorn bush”). Originally the name of a farm. The surname derives from doornbos (“thorn bush”) or from one of several toponyms.
heather, ling (plant; species Calluna vulgaris, genus Calluna, family Ericaceae, order Ericales)
çekim: tamlayan ljungs
köken: From Old Swedish liung (compare Old Norse lyngr, lyng (“heather”)), from Proto-Norse ᛚᛁᛜᚹᚨ- (*lingwa-, “heather”), from Proto-Germanic *lingwą (“heather”).
köken: Inherited from Old Polish wrzos, from Proto-Slavic *vȇrsъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *werˀź-, *wirˀź- (whence Lithuanian vi̇̀ržis (“heather”), Latvian vir̂zis (“heather”)), from an unknown non-Indo-European source. Cognates include Irish fraoch and Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē, “heather”).
köken: Unknown; often considered to be from a Vulgar Latin *marracīna, *marrūcīna, [Term?] derived from Latin marra (“thorn”), but possibly also from an alteration of Latin malitia, with the influence of the Romanian suffix -ciune. Compare Spanish maleza. Compare also the related Albanian mërqinje, with the same meaning as the Romanian word. Cognate with Aromanian mãrãtsini.
köken: From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wirˀźja- (along with Latvian virsis, Proto-Slavic *vȇrsъ), which Smoczyński derives from Proto-Indo-European *werḱ-. Most linguists agree on a non-Indo-European origin and describe Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē) and Proto-Celtic *wroikos (“heather”) as non-Balto-Slavic cognates. Folk etymology connects the word with ver̃žti (“to squeeze, curb”) or viržė́ti (“to squeeze…
köken: From Middle Welsh gwrug, from Proto-Brythonic *gwrʉg, from Proto-Celtic *wroikos, from an unknown non-Indo-European source. Compare Czech vřes, Latvian vìrsis, Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē).
köken: From Proto-Albanian *spernā, from Proto-Indo-European *sper (“spear, stick”), close to Latin sparus (“short spear”), Proto-Germanic *speru (whence Old Norse spjǫr).