Where does “соба́чка” come from?
соба́чка (Russian) comes from Russian соба́ка, from Old East Slavic собака, from Proto-Slavic *sobàka, from Middle Iranian *sabāka-, from West Iranian spaka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp.
соба́чка (Russian): trigger, self-locking latch, turnpiece
Definitions
- trigger, self-locking latch, turnpiece
Ancestry of “соба́чка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | соба́ка | dog |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | собака | dog |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | *sobàka | dog |
| 4 | Middle Iranian | *sabāka- | — |
| 5 | West Iranian | spaka | — |
| 6 | Swedish | a | from |
| 7 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 8 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 9 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 10 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 11 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |