Where does “táragas” come from?
táragas (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.
táragas (Icelandic): tear gas
Definitions
- tear gas
Ancestry of “táragas”, step by step
táragas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic gas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | gas | gas; gauze |
| 2 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 4 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 5 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |
via Icelandic tár
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | tár | a tear; a small amount of a drink such as coffee... |
| 2 | Old Norse | tár | tear |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tahrą | tear |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dáḱru- | tears; tear |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- | eye bitter |