Where does “подража́тель” come from?
подража́тель (Russian) comes from Russian подража́ть, from Russian дра́га, from English drag, from Yiddish טראָגן, from Middle High German tragen, from Old High German tragan, from Proto-Germanic dragan, from Proto-Germanic draganą — pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide.
подража́тель (Russian): impersonator
Definitions
- impersonator
Ancestry of “подража́тель”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | подража́ть | to imitate, to copy, to ape |
| 2 | Russian | дра́га | drag, dredge, seagoing dredge |
| 3 | English | drag | Resistance of a fluid to something moving through... |
| 4 | Yiddish | טראָגן | carry; wear |
| 5 | Middle High German | tragen | to bear, to carry |
| 6 | Old High German | tragan | to bear; to bear fruit |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | dragan | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | draganą | to draw, to pull, to carry |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵ- | pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide |