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Poroshenko
Poroshenko comes from Ukrainian по́рох ‘gunpowder’, from Old East Slavic порохъ ‘dust’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pers- ‘to sprinkle, to spatter’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pers-‘to sprinkle, to spatter’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*porxъ‘dust’reconstructed
- Old East Slavicmodernпорохъ‘dust’
- Ukrainianmodernпо́рохpórox‘gunpowder’
- Ukrainian, derivedmodernПороше́нкоPorošénko
- EnglishtodayPoroshenko
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pers-‘to sprinkle, to spatter’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*porxъ‘dust’reconstructed
- Old East Slavicmodernпорохъ‘dust’
- Ukrainianmodernпо́рохpórox‘gunpowder’
- Ukrainian, derivedmodernПороше́нкоPorošénko
- EnglishtodayPoroshenko
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pers- ‘to sprinkle, to spatter’
Today it means
name A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Порошенко (Porošenko).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pers- / Poroshenko