Where does “գազ” come from?
գազ (Armenian) comes from Russian ГАЗ, from French gaz, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ.
գազ (Armenian): gas; natural gas; gas pedal, accelerator
Definitions
- gas; natural gas; gas pedal, accelerator
Ancestry of “գազ”, step by step
գազ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian ГАЗ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ГАЗ | GAZ Gorky Automobile Plant |
| 2 | French | gaz | gas; flatulence |
| 3 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 5 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 6 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |
via Old Armenian գազ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Armenian | գազ | milk-vetch, "Astragalus" spp |