Where does “каталажка” come from?
каталажка (Russian) comes from Russian такела́ж, from Dutch takelage, from Dutch -age, from French -age, from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.
каталажка (Russian): joint, jug; lockup
Definitions
- joint, jug; lockup
Ancestry of “каталажка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | такела́ж | tackle, rigging |
| 2 | Dutch | takelage | The rigging of a ship, the equipment encompassing... |
| 3 | Dutch | -age | Creates nouns from verbs and from other nouns. It... |
| 4 | French | -age | Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 5 | Middle French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 6 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 7 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 8 | Latin | -āticum | — |