Where does “огнемётчик” come from?
огнемётчик (Russian) comes from Russian огнемёт, from German Flammenwerfer, from German Flamme, from Middle High German vlamme, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō — to smell.
огнемётчик (Russian): flamethrower operator
Definitions
- flamethrower operator
Ancestry of “огнемётчик”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | огнемёт | flamethrower |
| 2 | German | Flammenwerfer | flamethrower; blowlamp; flame gun |
| 3 | German | Flamme | flame |
| 4 | Middle High German | vlamme | — |
| 5 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 6 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |