Where does “буксовать” come from?
буксовать (Russian) comes from Polish buksować, from German bugsieren, from Dutch boegseren, from Portuguese puxar, from Old Portuguese puxar, from Latin pulsāre, from Latin pulsus, from Latin pellō — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
буксовать (Russian): to skid, to spin around without traction; to...
Definitions
- to skid, to spin around without traction; to...
Ancestry of “буксовать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | buksować | to spin |
| 2 | German | bugsieren | to tow a ship; to put something in a place; to... |
| 3 | Dutch | boegseren | to tug, to tow by rowing |
| 4 | Portuguese | puxar | to pull; to drag; to draw a weapon |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | puxar | — |
| 6 | Latin | pulsāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | pulsus | pulse, impulse, beat, stroke; expelled, kicked... |
| 8 | Latin | pellō | to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pelnō | approach, go to; bring close |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |