Where does “roentgenizdat” come from?
roentgenizdat (English) comes from Russian рентгениздат, from Russian изда́тельство, from Russian изда́тель, from Russian изда́ть, from Russian из-, from Proto-Slavic jьz-, from Proto-Slavic sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — resin, gum; to say, speak.
roentgenizdat (English): Improvised gramophone recordings made from X-ray film, used to smuggle prohibited music into the Soviet Union
Definitions
- Improvised gramophone recordings made from X-ray film, used to smuggle prohibited music into the Soviet Union
Ancestry of “roentgenizdat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | рентгениздат | Flexi disc |
| 2 | Russian | изда́тельство | publishing; publishing house, publishing |
| 3 | Russian | изда́тель | publisher |
| 4 | Russian | изда́ть | to publish, to print |
| 5 | Russian | из- | out from; When added to a verb, it may form a... |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | jьz- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | sъ(n) | with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |