Where does “abakas” come from?

abakas (Lithuanian) comes from Latin abacus, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ, from Hebrew אבק — dust; hint of; A hole in cloth for the insertion...

abakas (Lithuanian): abacus device for performing calculations

Definitions

  1. abacus device for performing calculations

Ancestry of “abakas”, step by step

abakas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin abacus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabacusa square board; sideboard; counting board, abacus
2Ancient Greekἄβαξboard, slab; reckoning board, abacus
3Hebrewאבקdust; hint of; A hole in cloth for the insertion...

via Irish abach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishabachentrails
2Middle Irishapachcorpse, remains; entrails; corpse, remains,...
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