Where does “דמקה” come from?
דמקה (Hebrew) comes from Russian да́мка, from Russian да́ма, from French dame, from Old French dame, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina, from Latin Dominus, from Latin domus — to build; to arrange, to put together.
דמקה (Hebrew): checkers, draughts
Ancestry of “דמקה”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | да́мка | the king in checkers/draughts |
| 2 | Russian | да́ма | lady, queen |
| 3 | French | dame | A lady; A polite form of address for a woman;... |
| 4 | Old French | dame | lady; woman |
| 5 | Late Latin | domna | lady, mistress |
| 6 | Latin | domina | lady or mistress of the house |
| 7 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 8 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |