Where does “собака” come from?
собака (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic *sobàka, from Middle Iranian *sabāka-, from West Iranian spaka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa.
собака (Old East Slavic): dog
Definitions
- dog
Ancestry of “собака”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | *sobàka | dog |
| 2 | Middle Iranian | *sabāka- | — |
| 3 | West Iranian | spaka | — |
| 4 | Swedish | a | from |
| 5 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 6 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 7 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 8 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 9 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |