Where does “šrapnel” come from?
šrapnel (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Schrapnell, from English shrapnel, from English Charbonnel, from French charbon, from Old French charbon, from Latin carbō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
šrapnel (Serbo-Croatian): shrapnel
Ancestry of “šrapnel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Schrapnell | shrapnel |
| 2 | English | shrapnel | An anti-personnel artillery shell used in WWI... |
| 3 | English | Charbonnel | — |
| 4 | French | charbon | coal; anthrax; smut ; fungus of the genus... |
| 5 | Old French | charbon | coal |
| 6 | Latin | carbō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |