Where does “skrutkovač” come from?

skrutkovač (Slovak) comes from Slovak skrutkovať, from Slovak -ovať, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

skrutkovač (Slovak): screwdriver

Definitions

  1. screwdriver

Ancestry of “skrutkovač”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slovakskrutkovaťto screw
2Slovak-ovaťA suffix appended to words to form a verb
3Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →Every word from Slovak -ovať →Every word from Slovak skrutkovať →