Where does “liepsnósvaidis” come from?

liepsnósvaidis (Lithuanian) comes from Russian огнемёт, from German Flammenwerfer, from German Flamme, from Middle High German vlamme, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō — to smell.

liepsnósvaidis (Lithuanian): flamethrower

Definitions

  1. flamethrower

Ancestry of “liepsnósvaidis”, step by step

liepsnósvaidis traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian огнемёт

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianогнемётflamethrower
2GermanFlammenwerferflamethrower; blowlamp; flame gun
3GermanFlammeflame
4Middle High Germanvlamme
5Latinflammaflame, fire
6Latinflāgrāre
7Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
8Proto-Italicfrāgrāō
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

via Lithuanian liepsna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianliepsnaflame, blaze
2Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂p-to shine; to light, shine; glow

via Lithuanian sváidyti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuaniansváidyti

Words derived from “liepsnósvaidis

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-Every word from Proto-Italic frāgrāō
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