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
- to grind, to polish, to file
Ancestry of “шлифовать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Polish | szlifować | to polish; to hone |
| 2 | Middle High German | slīfen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | slīfan | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | slīpan | to grind, to whet, to sharpen |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | slīpaną | to slide; to grind; to sharpen |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sley- | smooth; slick; sticky; slimy; to smear |