Where does “винтообразный” come from?

винтообразный (Russian) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

винтообразный (Russian): helical, screwlike, spiral

Definitions

  1. helical, screwlike, spiral

Ancestry of “винтообразный”, step by step

винтообразный traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian винт

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

via Russian о́браз

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianо́бразlooking; shape, image, figure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ-