Where does “шпалир” come from?
шпалир (Macedonian) comes from German Spalier, from Italian spalliera, from Italian spalla, from Vulgar Latin spatla, from Latin spatula, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη, from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-.
шпалир (Macedonian): row, rank; trellis
Ancestry of “шпалир”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Spalier | — |
| 2 | Italian | spalliera | back; bedhead; footboard |
| 3 | Italian | spalla | shoulder; chuck meat from the shoulder of a cow... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | spatla | — |
| 5 | Latin | spatula | a broad, flat piece; a little palm frond; a... |
| 6 | Latin | spatha | spatula, spattle; spatha; a long, two-edged,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σπάθη | any broad blade, of wood or metal |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sph₂-dʰ- | — |