Where does “gasmasko” come from?
gasmasko (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto gaso, 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.
gasmasko (Esperanto): gas mask
Definitions
- gas mask
Ancestry of “gasmasko”, step by step
gasmasko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto gaso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | gaso | gas |
| 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 | — |
via Esperanto masko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | masko | mask |
| 2 | German | Maske | mask; workspace of an make-up artist |
| 3 | French | masqué | masked; past participle of masquer |
| 4 | Italian | maschera | mask; surface, fiction; cinema attendant |
| 5 | Latin | masca | witch, hag; spectre; nightmare; mask |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *maskā | mesh, net |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | maskwǭ | loop, knot; mesh, netting; mesh used as a filter,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mozgo- | netting, mesh, knot, loop |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mezgʷ- | to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,... |