Where does “вітролом” come from?

вітролом (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian лом, from Proto-Slavic lomъ, from Proto-Slavic lomiti, from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- — broken; weak, broken, soft.

вітролом (Ukrainian): brushwood, windbreak, windfall

Definitions

  1. brushwood, windbreak, windfall

Ancestry of “вітролом”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianломcrowbar; scrap, waste, debris; dry branches or...
2Proto-Slaviclomъcrowbar; fracture, breakage
3Proto-Slaviclomitito break
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃lemH-broken; weak, broken, soft
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- →Every word from Proto-Slavic lomiti →Every word from Proto-Slavic lomъ →