Where does “гвоздодёр” come from?
гвоздодёр (Russian) comes from Russian гвоздь, from Old East Slavic гвоздь, from Proto-Slavic gvozdь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic gwasdas, from Proto-Indo-European gwosdʰos — piece of wood.
гвоздодёр (Russian): cat's-paw small crowbar with a handle at a right angle to a blade with a V-shaped notch, principally used by carpenters to remove nails
Definitions
- cat's-paw small crowbar with a handle at a right angle to a blade with a V-shaped notch, principally used by carpenters to remove nails
Ancestry of “гвоздодёр”, step by step
гвоздодёр traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.