Where does “прахосмукачка” come from?

прахосмукачка (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian прах, from Old Church Slavonic прахъ, from Proto-Slavic porxъ, from Proto-Indo-European pers- — to sprinkle, to spatter.

прахосмукачка (Bulgarian): vacuum cleaner

Definitions

  1. vacuum cleaner

Ancestry of “прахосмукачка”, step by step

прахосмукачка traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bulgarian прах

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianпрахdust; powder
2Old Church Slavonicпрахъdust
3Proto-Slavicporxъdust
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpers-to sprinkle, to spatter

via Bulgarian смука́ч

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianсмука́чchoke
2Bulgarian-ачForms agent nouns from verbs
3Proto-Slavic-ačьDenominal, forming nouns denoting a carrier of a...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pers- →Every word from Proto-Slavic porxъ →Every word from Old Church Slavonic прахъ →