Where does “abzas” come from?

abzas (Turkmen) comes from Russian абзац, from German Absatz, from Middle High German abesaz.

abzas (Turkmen): paragraph

Definitions

  1. paragraph

Ancestry of “abzas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianабзацparagraph; an indentation at the start of a...
2GermanAbsatzturnover; heel; paragraph
3Middle High Germanabesaz—
Every word from Middle High German abesaz →Every word from German Absatz →Every word from Russian абзац →