Where does “шахтар” come from?
шахтар (Ukrainian) comes from Bulgarian -а́р, from Proto-Slavic -ařь, from Gothic -𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
шахтар (Ukrainian): miner
Definitions
- miner