Etymology Explorer › Georgian

Where does “შპრიცი” come from?

შპრიცი (Georgian) comes from Russian шприц, from German Spritze, from German spritzen, from Middle High German sprützen, from Proto-Germanic *sprittōną.

შპრიცი (Georgian): syringe

Definitions

  1. syringe

Ancestry of “შპრიცი”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianшприцsyringe
2GermanSpritzesyringe; injection
3Germanspritzento spurt, to squirt; to inject
4Middle High Germansprützento squirt
5Proto-Germanic*sprittōną—
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