Where does “пороховой” come from?

пороховой (Russian) comes from Russian по́рох, from Old Russian порохъ, from Proto-Slavic porxъ, from Proto-Indo-European pers- — to sprinkle, to spatter.

пороховой (Russian): gunpowder

Definitions

  1. gunpowder

Ancestry of “пороховой”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпо́рохgunpowder
2Old Russianпорохъ—
3Proto-Slavicporxъdust
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpers-to sprinkle, to spatter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pers- →Every word from Proto-Slavic porxъ →Every word from Old Russian порохъ →