Where does “рукопожатие” come from?
рукопожатие (Russian) comes from Russian рука́, from Old East Slavic рѫка, from Proto-Slavic rǫka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ránkāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European wrenk-, from Latvian wer- — to turn, to bend.
рукопожатие (Russian): handshake grasping of hands by two people
Definitions
- handshake grasping of hands by two people
Ancestry of “рукопожатие”, step by step
рукопожатие traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian рука́
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | рука́ | arm, hand; hand |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | рѫка | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | rǫka | hand; arm |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ránkāˀ | hand, arm |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wrenk- | to turn, twist, bend |
| 6 | Latvian | wer- | to turn, to bend |
via Russian пожатие
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | пожатие | handshake; shrug |
| 2 | Russian | пожа́ть | to press, to squeeze now only used in set idioms below |
| 3 | Russian | жать | to press, to squeeze; to benchpress, to lift; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | žęti | to press, squeeze; to reap, mow |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |