Where does “проволочный” come from?
проволочный (Russian) comes from Russian про́волока, from Russian волочить, from Old East Slavic волочити, from Proto-Slavic volčiti — to drag, to draw, to trail.
проволочный (Russian): wire
Definitions
- wire
Ancestry of “проволочный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | про́волока | wire (thin thread of metal) |
| 2 | Russian | волочить | to drag, to trail; to draw |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | волочити | to drag |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | volčiti | to drag, to draw, to trail |