Where does “нефтедобыча” come from?

нефтедобыча (Russian) comes from Russian нефть, from Ottoman Turkish نفت, from Persian نفت, from Middle Persian naft, from Old Persian *naftah — wet, moist.

нефтедобыча (Russian): oil production; oil-production industry

Definitions

  1. oil production; oil-production industry

Ancestry of “нефтедобыча”, step by step

нефтедобыча traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian нефть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianнефтьoil, petroleum, mineral oil
2Ottoman Turkishنفتnaphtha, petroleum, rock oil; spirit of...
3Persianنفتpetroleum, oil
4Middle Persiannaft—
5Old Persian*naftahwet, moist

via Russian добы́ча

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianдобы́чаextraction, mining, quarrying
2Proto-Slavicdobyťasupply, loot; stock
3Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
4Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂—
Every word from Old Persian *naftah →Every word from Middle Persian naft →Every word from Persian نفت →