Where does “əleyhqaz” come from?
əleyhqaz (Azerbaijani) comes from Russian противогаз, 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.
əleyhqaz (Azerbaijani): gas mask
Definitions
- gas mask
Ancestry of “əleyhqaz”, step by step
əleyhqaz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian противогаз
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | противогаз | gas mask, breathing mask, respirator |
| 2 | Russian | ГАЗ | GAZ Gorky Automobile Plant |
| 3 | French | gaz | gas; flatulence |
| 4 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 6 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 7 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |