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Where does “плоскогубцы” come from?

плоскогубцы (Russian) comes from Russian губа́, from Russian губи́ть, from Proto-Slavic gubiti, from Proto-Slavic gybnǫti.

плоскогубцы (Russian): pliers

Definitions

  1. pliers

Ancestry of “плоскогубцы”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianгуба́lip
2Russianгуби́тьto wreck
3Proto-Slavicgubitito destroy
4Proto-Slavicgybnǫti—
Every word from Proto-Slavic gybnǫti →