Where does “люстэрка” come from?
люстэрка (Belarusian) comes from Russian лю́стра, from French lustre, from Middle French lustre, from Italian lustro, from Italian lustrare, from Latin lūstrō, from Latin lūstrum, from Old Latin loustrom — bright; to shine; to see.
люстэрка (Belarusian): mirror, looking-glass
Definitions
- mirror, looking-glass
Ancestry of “люстэрка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | лю́стра | chandelier, lustre, luster |
| 2 | French | lustre | lustrum; period of five years; a very long time;... |
| 3 | Middle French | lustre | lustre; shine |
| 4 | Italian | lustro | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Italian | lustrare | to polish, shine |
| 6 | Latin | lūstrō | to purify by means of a propitiatory sacrifice |
| 7 | Latin | lūstrum | bog, morass, place where boars and swine wallow |
| 8 | Old Latin | loustrom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewkstrom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |