Where does “маскиро́вка” come from?
маскиро́вка (Russian) comes from Russian ма́ска, from Middle French masque, from Italian maschera, from Latin masca, from Proto-West Germanic *maskā, from Proto-Germanic maskwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European mozgo-, from Proto-Indo-European mezgʷ- — to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,...
маскиро́вка (Russian): camouflage
Ancestry of “маскиро́вка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | ма́ска | mask |
| 2 | Middle French | masque | mask |
| 3 | Italian | maschera | mask; surface, fiction; cinema attendant |
| 4 | Latin | masca | witch, hag; spectre; nightmare; mask |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *maskā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | maskwǭ | loop, knot; mesh, netting; mesh used as a filter,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mozgo- | netting, mesh, knot, loop |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mezgʷ- | to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,... |
Words derived from “маскиро́вка”