Where does “звукоподражание” come from?
звукоподражание (Russian) comes from Russian подража́ние, from Russian подража́ть, from Russian дра́га, from English drag, from Yiddish טראָגן, from Middle High German tragen, from Old High German tragan, from Proto-Germanic dragan — pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide.
звукоподражание (Russian): onomatopoeia
Definitions
- onomatopoeia
Ancestry of “звукоподражание”, step by step
звукоподражание traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian подража́ние
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | подража́ние | imitation (act of imitating) |
| 2 | Russian | подража́ть | to imitate, to copy, to ape |
| 3 | Russian | дра́га | drag, dredge, seagoing dredge |
| 4 | English | drag | Resistance of a fluid to something moving through... |
| 5 | Yiddish | טראָגן | carry; wear |
| 6 | Middle High German | tragen | to bear, to carry |
| 7 | Old High German | tragan | to bear; to bear fruit |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | dragan | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | draganą | to draw, to pull, to carry |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵ- | pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide |