Where does “ზონდი” come from?
ზონდი (Georgian) comes from Russian зонд, from German Sonde, from French sonde, from Middle French sonde, from Old French sonde, from Old English sund, from Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic sundą — to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim.
ზონდი (Georgian): probe
Definitions
- probe
Ancestry of “ზონდი”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | зонд | probe |
| 2 | German | Sonde | probe; sonde |
| 3 | French | sonde | probe; sound; Any of various devices for testing... |
| 4 | Middle French | sonde | sounding line |
| 5 | Old French | sonde | sounding line |
| 6 | Old English | sund | swimming; sea, water |
| 7 | Old Norse | sund | swimming; strait, sound; swimming, sound |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sundą | swimming; sound, strait |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | swimmaną | to be unsteady; to swim; float |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | swem(bʰ)- | to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim |