Where does “счетово́д” come from?
счетово́д (Russian) comes from Russian счёт, from Russian счита́ть, from Russian с-, from Proto-Slavic sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
счетово́д (Russian): accountant, accounts clerk, ledger clerk
Definitions
- accountant, accounts clerk, ledger clerk
Ancestry of “счетово́д”, step by step
счетово́д traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian счёт
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | счёт | count (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set), counting, reckoning, calculation |
| 2 | Russian | счита́ть | to calculate |
| 3 | Russian | с- | down; off, from off |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | sъ(n) | with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |