Where does “obugazi” come from?
obugazi (Luganda) comes from Italian gazi, from Ottoman Turkish غازی, from Arabic غاز, from French gaz, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza.
obugazi (Luganda): width state of being wide
Definitions
- width state of being wide
Ancestry of “obugazi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | gazi | second-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | غازی | A Muslim warrior who fights against non-Muslims; a ghazi |
| 3 | Arabic | غاز | gas; gas; gasoline; petrol; kerosene |
| 4 | French | gaz | gas; flatulence |
| 5 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 7 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 8 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |