Where does “kulkósvaidis” come from?
kulkósvaidis (Lithuanian) comes from Russian пулемёт, from Russian мета́ть, from Old East Slavic метати, from Proto-Slavic metàti, from Proto-Indo-European met- — to cut (by measure) (with an inherent sense of by measurement or time: "to cut down" > "to mow"; "to cut into" > "plow").
kulkósvaidis (Lithuanian): machine gun
Definitions
- machine gun
Ancestry of “kulkósvaidis”, step by step
kulkósvaidis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian пулемёт
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | пулемёт | machine gun |
| 2 | Russian | мета́ть | to [[thro; to baste, to tack; to throw, to cast |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | метати | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | metàti | to throw |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | met- | to cut (by measure) (with an inherent sense of by measurement or time: "to cut down" > "to mow"; "to cut into" > "plow") |
via Lithuanian sváidyti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuanian | sváidyti | — |