Where does “шлифовать” come from?

шлифовать (Russian) comes from Polish szlifować, from Middle High German slīfen, from Old High German slīfan, from Proto-West Germanic slīpan, from Proto-Germanic slīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European sley- — smooth; slick; sticky; slimy; to smear.

шлифовать (Russian): to grind, to polish, to file

Definitions

  1. to grind, to polish, to file

Ancestry of “шлифовать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishszlifowaćto polish; to hone
2Middle High Germanslīfen—
3Old High Germanslīfan—
4Proto-West Germanicslīpanto grind, to whet, to sharpen
5Proto-Germanicslīpanąto slide; to grind; to sharpen
6Proto-Indo-Europeansley-smooth; slick; sticky; slimy; to smear

Words derived from “шлифовать”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sley- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slīpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slīpan →