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Where does “шалтер” come from?

шалтер (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Schalter, from German schalten, from German einschalten, from German ein-, from Middle High German īn-, from Old High German in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in — in.

шалтер (Serbo-Croatian): ticket office; office; switch

Definitions

  1. ticket office; office; switch

Ancestry of “шалтер”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchalteragent noun of schalten
2Germanschaltento switch
3Germaneinschaltento turn on, to switch on, to power up, to enable;...
4Germanein-generally indicating motion into something; one,...
5Middle High Germanīn-—
6Old High Germaninin
7Proto-West Germanic*in—
8Proto-Germanicinin; into
9Proto-Indo-Europeanénin
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