Where does “ливатка” come from?
ливатка (Macedonian) comes from Macedonian ливада, from Greek λιβάδι, from Ancient Greek λιβάδιον, from Ancient Greek λιβάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön — sound, voice.
Ancestry of “ливатка”, step by step
ливатка traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Macedonian ливада
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macedonian | ливада | meadow |
| 2 | Greek | λιβάδι | meadow, pasture, lea |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λιβάδιον | small spring, small stream |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λιβάς | anything that drips or trickles |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 7 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 10 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 11 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 12 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via Macedonian ка
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macedonian | ка | shoo |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | kъ(n) | to, towards |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 5 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 6 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 7 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |