Where does “газовая колонка” come from?
газовая колонка (Russian) comes from Russian га́зовый, from Russian ГАЗ, from French gaz, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā.
газовая колонка (Russian): gas water heater
Definitions
- gas water heater
Ancestry of “газовая колонка”, step by step
газовая колонка traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian га́зовый
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | га́зовый | gas |
| 2 | Russian | ГАЗ | GAZ Gorky Automobile Plant |
| 3 | French | gaz | gas; flatulence |
| 4 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 6 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 7 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |