Where does “праска” come from?
праска (Ukrainian) comes from Polish prasa, from German presse, from German Pressen, from Middle High German pressen, from Old High German pressōn, from Latin pressō, from Latin premō, from Proto-Indo-European pres- — passed , crossed.
праска (Ukrainian): iron
Definitions
- iron
Ancestry of “праска”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | prasa | press |
| 2 | German | presse | inflection of pressen: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | German | Pressen | plural of Presse |
| 4 | Middle High German | pressen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | pressōn | — |
| 6 | Latin | pressō | — |
| 7 | Latin | premō | to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pres- | to press |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |