Where does “ironshod” come from?
ironshod (English) comes from English shod, from Middle English shoed, from Middle English shon, from Czech sehnat, from Czech hnát, from Old Czech hnáti, from Proto-Slavic gъnati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic gúntei.
ironshod (English): Of a stick or cane: covered in iron at one end
Definitions
- Of a stick or cane: covered in iron at one end
Ancestry of “ironshod”, step by step
ironshod traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shod
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shod | Wearing shoes; Having tires equipped; simple past... |
| 2 | Middle English | shoed | — |
| 3 | Middle English | shon | To shoe; to insert shoes onto feet; To insert... |
| 4 | Czech | sehnat | to find, to get |
| 5 | Czech | hnát | to drive; to chase; to drive, propel, power |
| 6 | Old Czech | hnáti | to drive |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | gъnati | to chase, to persecute |
| 8 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | gúntei | to chase |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰénti | to be striking down, killing, slaying |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |
via English iron
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | iron | A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when... |
| 2 | Ossetian | ирон | Ossetian person; an Ossetian, speaking the Iron... |
| 3 | Ossetian | ир | Ossetians, the Ossetian nation; the speakers of... |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | wiHráh | man |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wiHrás | man |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |