Where does “шпага” come from?
шпага (Russian) comes from Polish szpada, from German Spaten, from Dutch spatten, from Dutch -en, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
шпага (Russian): small sword, epee, foil, rapier
Definitions
- small sword, epee, foil, rapier
Ancestry of “шпага”, step by step
шпага traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish szpada
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | szpada | épée |
| 2 | German | Spaten | spade |
| 3 | Dutch | spatten | to splatter, splash |
| 4 | Dutch | -en | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives. The stem... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 6 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Polish szpaga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | szpaga | — |