Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Names of the "ring" in different languages



RING English - ANELLO Italian - YÜZÜK Turkish

BAGUE French - ANILLO Spanish - ANEL Porteguese - ANULUS Latin - RING German 

环 Chinese - RING Dutch - RING Swedish - кольцо Russian - δαχτυλίδι Greek


From Middle English ring, ryng, also rink, rynk, from Old English hring, hrincg (“ring, link of chain, fetter, festoon, anything circular, circle, circular group, border, horizon, corselet, circuit (of a year), cycle, course, orb, globe”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“circle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengh- (“to turn, bend”). Akin to Scots ring (“ring”), West Frisian ring (“ring”), Saterland Frisian Ring (“ring, circle”), Dutch ring (“ring, hoop”), Low German Ring (“ring”), German Ring (“ring, circle”), Swedish ring (“ring, circle”), Icelandic hringur (“ring”), Umbrian krenkatrum,cringatro (“belt”), Proto-Slavic *krǫgъ (“circle”) (Russian круг (krug))




Reference: www.wikipedia.org

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