Where does “калька” come from?
калька (Russian) comes from French calque, from French calquer, from English ER, from Turkish er, from Ottoman Turkish ایر, from Old Anatolian Turkish ایر, from Proto-Turkic ēder.
калька (Russian): tracing paper; tracing; calque
Definitions
- tracing paper; tracing; calque
Ancestry of “калька”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | calque | tracing; calque, loan translation; layer |
| 2 | French | calquer | to model, to imitate, to copy; to trace, to copy... |
| 3 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 4 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | — |
| 6 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | — |
| 7 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | — |