Where does “газонокосарка” come from?
газонокосарка (Ukrainian) comes from Russian газо́н, from French gazon, from Middle French gazon, from Old French gason, from Frankish waso, from Proto-Germanic wasô, from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.
газонокосарка (Ukrainian): lawnmower
Definitions
- lawnmower
Ancestry of “газонокосарка”, step by step
газонокосарка traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian газо́н
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | газо́н | lawn |
| 2 | French | gazon | lawn; turf; grass |
| 3 | Middle French | gazon | — |
| 4 | Old French | gason | — |
| 5 | Frankish | waso | ground, turf |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wasô | moisture; ground; moisture, ground |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wes- | to dress, clothe |
via Ukrainian коса́рка
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | коса́рка | mower |
| 2 | Ukrainian | -а́рка | forms feminine nouns referring to devices and machines, broadly construed; -ery, -er |
| 3 | Ukrainian | -ка | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ъka | Denominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |