Where does “счетоводство” come from?
счетоводство (Russian) comes from Russian счетово́д, 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 — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
счетоводство (Russian): accounting, book-keeping, countinghouse
Definitions
- accounting, book-keeping, countinghouse
Ancestry of “счетоводство”, step by step
счетоводство traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian счетово́д
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | счетово́д | accountant, accounts clerk, ledger clerk |
| 2 | Russian | счёт | count (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set), counting, reckoning, calculation |
| 3 | Russian | счита́ть | to calculate |
| 4 | Russian | с- | down; off, from off |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | sъ(n) | with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Bulgarian счетово́ден
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | счетово́ден | accounting, bookkeeping |