Where does “подражательница” come from?
подражательница (Russian) comes from Russian подража́тель, 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 — pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide.
подражательница (Russian): female impersonator
Definitions
- female impersonator
Ancestry of “подражательница”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | подража́тель | impersonator |
| 2 | Russian | подража́ть | to imitate, to copy, to ape |
| 3 | Russian | дра́га | drag, dredge, seagoing dredge |
| 4 | English | drag | Resistance of a fluid to something moving through... |
| 5 | Yiddish | טראָגן | carry; wear |
| 6 | Middle High German | tragen | to bear, to carry |
| 7 | Old High German | tragan | to bear; to bear fruit |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | dragan | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | draganą | to draw, to pull, to carry |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵ- | pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide |