Where does “электрошокер” come from?

электрошокер (Russian) comes from Russian шо́кер, from English shocker, from English shock, from French choquer, from German schockieren, from Spanish chocar, from Portuguese chocar, from Russian шоки́ровать — he, she.

электрошокер (Russian): stun gun

Definitions

  1. stun gun

Ancestry of “электрошокер”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianшо́керshocker
2EnglishshockerOne who or that which shocks or startles; A...
3EnglishshockA sudden, heavy impact; A discontinuity arising...
4Frenchchoquerto hit, to collide; to shock
5Germanschockierento shock
6Spanishchocarto crash; to bump into, to collide with; to...
7Portuguesechocarto brood; to hatch; to linger
8Russianшоки́роватьto horrify, to scandalize, to shock
9Russian-и́роватьa productive verbal suffix, also used to create new verbs, especially from loanwords
10German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
11French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
12English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
13Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
14Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
15Latin-ārefirst conjugation
16Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
17Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
18Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
19Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
20Chichewaiyehe, she
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