Where does “bryzgun” come from?

bryzgun (Polish) comes from Polish bryzg, from Polish bryzgać, from Proto-Slavic *brỳzgati — to sprinkle, to spray, to splatter.

bryzgun (Polish): a sawfly of the genus Cimbex

Definitions

  1. a sawfly of the genus Cimbex

Ancestry of “bryzgun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishbryzgsplash, spray, splatter
2Polishbryzgaćto splash, to plash, to splatter
3Proto-Slavic*brỳzgatito sprinkle, to spray, to splatter
Every word from Proto-Slavic *brỳzgati →Every word from Polish bryzgać →Every word from Polish bryzg →