Where does “вензель” come from?
вензель (Russian) comes from Polish węzeł, from Proto-Slavic ǫzlъ — knot.
вензель (Russian): monogram
Ancestry of “вензель”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Polish | węzeł | knot; substation, a connection point of... |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | ǫzlъ | knot |