Where does “ropociąg” come from?

ropociąg (Polish) comes from Polish ropa, from Proto-Slavic ropa.

ropociąg (Polish): oil pipeline

Definitions

  1. oil pipeline

Ancestry of “ropociąg”, step by step

ropociąg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish ropa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishropapus; sleepy dust; crude oil; petroleum
2Proto-Slavicropa—

via Polish ciąg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishciągsequence; thrust; pull
2Proto-Slavictęgъtraction
Every word from Proto-Slavic ropa →Every word from Polish ropa →