Where does “vintofka” come from?

vintofka (Karelian) comes from Russian винто́вка, from Russian винтовой, from Russian винт, from Polish gwint, from German Gewinde, from German winden, from Middle High German winden, from Old High German wintan — to wind, to turn.

vintofka (Karelian): rifle

Definitions

  1. rifle

Ancestry of “vintofka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianвинто́вкаrifle
2Russianвинтовойscrew
3Russianвинтscrew; propeller; vint
4Polishgwintscrew thread
5GermanGewindethread
6Germanwindento wind; to twist; to twirl; to squirm; to writhe
7Middle High Germanwinden
8Old High Germanwintanto wind, to wrap
9Proto-Germanicwindanąto wind, to wrap
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ-