Where does “нефтегазовый” come from?
нефтегазовый (Russian) comes from Russian ГАЗ, from French gaz, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ.
нефтегазовый (Russian): oil and gas
Definitions
- oil and gas
Ancestry of “нефтегазовый”, step by step
нефтегазовый traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian ГАЗ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ГАЗ | GAZ Gorky Automobile Plant |
| 2 | French | gaz | gas; flatulence |
| 3 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 5 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 6 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |