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Where does “ата́ка” come from?

ата́ка (Russian) comes from German Attacke, from French attaque, from French attaquer, from Italian attaccare, from Italian a-, from Italian staccare, from Italian distaccare, from Middle French destacher — to give.

ата́ка (Russian): attack

Definitions

  1. attack

Ancestry of “ата́ка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAttackeattack
2Frenchattaqueattack; onset of a syllable; first-person...
3Frenchattaquerto attack
4Italianattaccareto stick, attach, append; to attack
5Italiana-ad-; a-
6Italianstaccareto remove, take or take down; to tear out; to...
7Italiandistaccareto separate; to remove, detach, or take off; to...
8Middle Frenchdestacherto detach; to separate
9Old Frenchdestachierto detach; to separate
10Old Frenchdes—
11Old Frenchdeof; from
12Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
13Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
14Latindāre—
15Proto-Italicdidōgive
16Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
17Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

Words derived from “ата́ка”

  • кибератака
  • контратака
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- →