Where does “браконьер” come from?
браконьер (Russian) comes from French braconnier, from French -ier, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
браконьер (Russian): poacher
Ancestry of “браконьер”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | braconnier | poacher |
| 2 | French | -ier | used to form the names of trees bearing a... |
| 3 | Latin | -ārium | — |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |