English
ponzu
Ponzu comes from Japanese ポン酢 ‘ponzu: a sour citrus-based sauce usually made…’, from Dutch pons ‘punch’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe ‘five’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pénkʷe‘five’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*pánča‘five’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*pánćareconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEपञ्चpáñca‘five’
- English1500–presentpunch
- Dutchc. 1500–presentpons‘punch’
- Japanesemodernポン酢ponzu‘ponzu: a sour citrus-based sauce usually made from the juice of the 橙(だいだい) (daidai)’
- Englishtodayponzu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pénkʷe‘five’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*pánča‘five’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*pánćareconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEपञ्चpáñca‘five’
- English1500–presentpunch
- Dutchc. 1500–presentpons‘punch’
- Japanesemodernポン酢ponzu‘ponzu: a sour citrus-based sauce usually made from the juice of the 橙(だいだい) (daidai)’
- Englishtodayponzu
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe ‘five’
five, fifth, finger, fin, pentagon, pimp, quintet, quint, cinque, quine, 21 more
through Sanskrit पञ्च ‘five’
through English punch
Today it means
noun A sour citrus-based sauce usually made from the juice of the 橙 (daidai), an Asian variety of bitter orange, mixed with soy sauce.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe / ponzu