Masculino

furfur

Significado (Inglés)

(declension-3, masculine) bran, husks of grain, chaff
(declension-3, masculine) scaly infection of the skin

porrigo

porrīgō

πιτυρίδα

Kopfschuppen

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

[ˈfʊr.fʊr]

Unknown. Traditionally explained as from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rub, grind”), however as De Vaan notes the vowel /u/ would be unexplained; a preform *gʰur- ~ *ǵʰur- would be expected instead, but no such root exists. Compare Ancient Greek κέγχρος (kénkhros) and κάχρυς (kákhrus), which also relate to grains. Alternatively, cognate with Sanskrit बुस (busa, “chaff, refuse grain; rubbish”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰus-. In either of these cases, from a reduplicated root. Given the word's unusual form in the absence of a solid Indo-European explanation, borrowing from some unknown, perhaps substrate, source is likely.