Where does “naftociąg” come from?

naftociąg (Polish) comes from Polish nafta, from Latin naphtha, from Ancient Greek νάφθα, from Old Persian *naftah — wet, moist.

naftociąg (Polish): oil pipeline

Definitions

  1. oil pipeline

Ancestry of “naftociąg”, step by step

naftociąg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish nafta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishnaftaparaffin
2Latinnaphthanaphtha
3Ancient Greekνάφθαnaphtha
4Old Persian*naftahwet, moist

via Polish ciąg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishciągsequence; thrust; pull
2Proto-Slavictęgъtraction
Every word from Old Persian *naftah →Every word from Ancient Greek νάφθα →Every word from Latin naphtha →
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