Where does “вертишейка” come from?
вертишейка (Russian) comes from German Wendehals, from German wenden, from Middle High German wenden, from Old High German wenten, from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan, from Proto-Germanic wandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.
вертишейка (Russian): wryneck
Definitions
- wryneck
Ancestry of “вертишейка”, step by step
вертишейка traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Wendehals
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wendehals | The Eurasian wryneck; An opportunist, a person... |
| 2 | German | wenden | to turn something so as to cook or roast it from... |
| 3 | Middle High German | wenden | — |
| 4 | Old High German | wenten | to turn |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *wandijan | to turn |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wandijaną | to turn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |
via Russian верте́ть
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | верте́ть | to turn, to twist |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | vьrtě̀ti | to turn; turn; to rotate |
via Russian ше́я
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ше́я | neck |