Where does “конторка” come from?
конторка (Russian) comes from Russian конто́ра, from German Kontor, from Middle Low German kontôr, from Middle Dutch contoor, from Middle French contoir, from Middle French compter, from Old French compter, from Latin computāre — whale, sea monster; abyss.
конторка (Russian): high sloped desk; Diminutive of конто́ра
Definitions
- high sloped desk; Diminutive of конто́ра
Ancestry of “конторка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | конто́ра | — |
| 2 | German | Kontor | branch office |
| 3 | Middle Low German | kontôr | commercial branch; writing room; counting... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | contoor | — |
| 5 | Middle French | contoir | Alternative spelling of comptoir |
| 6 | Middle French | compter | to recount; to tell |
| 7 | Old French | compter | — |
| 8 | Latin | computāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | computō | — |
| 10 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 11 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 12 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 13 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 19 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 20 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |