Where does “винто́вка” come from?

винто́вка (Russian) comes from Russian винтовой, from Russian винт, from Polish gwint, from German Gewinde, from German winden, from Middle High German winden, from Old High German wintan, from Proto-Germanic windaną — to wind, to turn.

винто́вка (Russian): rifle

Definitions

  1. rifle

Ancestry of “винто́вка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianвинтовойscrew
2Russianвинтscrew; propeller; vint
3Polishgwintscrew thread
4GermanGewindethread
5Germanwindento wind; to twist; to twirl; to squirm; to writhe
6Middle High Germanwinden
7Old High Germanwintanto wind, to wrap
8Proto-Germanicwindanąto wind, to wrap
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “винто́вка

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ-