Where does “газопровод” come from?
газопровод (Russian) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ.
газопровод (Russian): gas pipeline
Definitions
- gas pipeline
Ancestry of “газопровод”, step by step
газопровод traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian ГАЗ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ГАЗ | GAZ Gorky Automobile Plant |
| 2 | French | gaz | gas; flatulence |
| 3 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 5 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 6 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |
via Russian прово́д
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | прово́д | wire, lead, conductor |
| 2 | Russian | проводи́ть | to escort, to accompany |
| 3 | Russian | про́- | through, past describing an action of passing through a space or an object |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | pro- | pro-, for-, through |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | *pro | for |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *pra | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |