Where does “штурмовик” come from?
штурмовик (Russian) comes from Russian штурмовать, from German stürmen, from Old High German sturmen, from Proto-Germanic sturmijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
штурмовик (Russian): stormtrooper, assault trooper
Definitions
- stormtrooper, assault trooper
Ancestry of “штурмовик”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | штурмовать | to storm, to assault, to conquer, to attack |
| 2 | German | stürmen | to storm; to be stormy weather; to rush |
| 3 | Old High German | sturmen | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sturmijaną | to storm |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |