Where does “dubeltówka” come from?
dubeltówka (Polish) comes from Polish dubelt, from French double-bécassine, from French bécassine, from French bécasse, from French bec, from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
dubeltówka (Polish): double-barrelled shotgun
Definitions
- double-barrelled shotgun
Ancestry of “dubeltówka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | dubelt | great snipe |
| 2 | French | double-bécassine | great snipe |
| 3 | French | bécassine | snipe |
| 4 | French | bécasse | woodcock |
| 5 | French | bec | beak, bill; kiss |
| 6 | Old French | bec | beak, bill |
| 7 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 8 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 9 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 10 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 11 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |