Where does “gashylki” come from?

gashylki (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic gas, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.

gashylki (Icelandic): gas canister

Definitions

  1. gas canister

Ancestry of “gashylki”, step by step

gashylki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic gas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicgasgas; gauze
2Dutchgasgas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street
3Middle Dutchgasseunpaved street
4Middle High Germangazze—
5Old High Germangazzalane
6Proto-West Germanic*gatwā—
7Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂—

via Icelandic hylki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandichylkicontainer, case
2Proto-Germanichuljanąto cover, veil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā →