Where does “ампер-виток” come from?
ампер-виток (Russian) comes from German Amperewindung, from German Windung, from German winden, from Middle High German winden, from Old High German wintan, from Proto-Germanic windaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.
ампер-виток (Russian): ampere-turn
Definitions
- ampere-turn
Ancestry of “ампер-виток”, step by step
ампер-виток traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Amperewindung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Amperewindung | ampere-turn |
| 2 | German | Windung | torsion; turn; coil |
| 3 | German | winden | to wind; to twist; to twirl; to squirm; to writhe |
| 4 | Middle High German | winden | — |
| 5 | Old High German | wintan | to wind, to wrap |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | windaną | to wind, to wrap |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |
via Russian вито́к
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | вито́к | coil |
| 2 | Russian | -о́к | takes masculine nouns, produces diminutive masculine nouns, sometimes with further sense development |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ъkъ | Forms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
via Russian ампе́р
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ампе́р | ampere |