Where does “рожевоволосий” come from?
рожевоволосий (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian роже́вий, from Polish różowy, from Polish róża, from Middle High German rôse, from Old High German rōsa, from Latin Rosa, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον, from Old Persian wurdi — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
рожевоволосий (Ukrainian): pink-haired
Definitions
- pink-haired
Ancestry of “рожевоволосий”, step by step
рожевоволосий traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ukrainian роже́вий
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | роже́вий | pink |
| 2 | Polish | różowy | pink |
| 3 | Polish | róża | rose; any shrub from the genus "Rosa" or its... |
| 4 | Middle High German | rôse | rose |
| 5 | Old High German | rōsa | — |
| 6 | Latin | Rosa | rose |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ῥόδον | rose (usually Rosa gallica) |
| 8 | Old Persian | wurdi | flower |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | wurdiz | fate, destiny |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wrti- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |