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Where does “entonnoir” come from?

entonnoir (French) comes from French entonner, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz, from Polish tu, from Polish być.

entonnoir (French): funnel

Definitions

  1. funnel

Ancestry of “entonnoir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchentonnerto strike up, burst into; to funnel; to channel
2FrenchtonYour, thy; Tone; Tone, shade
3Old Frenchtonyour
4Latintuusyour
5Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
6Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
7Polishtuhere
8Polishbyćto be
9Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
10Old Polishmóc—
11Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
12Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-—
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