Where does “גאַזמאַסקע” come from?
גאַזמאַסקע (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish גאַז, from French gaz, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ.
גאַזמאַסקע (Yiddish): gas mask
Definitions
- gas mask
Ancestry of “גאַזמאַסקע”, step by step
גאַזמאַסקע traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish גאַז
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | גאַז | gas |
| 2 | French | gaz | gas; flatulence |
| 3 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 5 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 6 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |
via Yiddish מאַסקע
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | מאַסקע | mask |
| 2 | Russian | ма́ска | mask |
| 3 | Middle French | masque | mask |
| 4 | Italian | maschera | mask; surface, fiction; cinema attendant |
| 5 | Latin | masca | witch, hag; spectre; nightmare; mask |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *maskā | mesh, net |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | maskwǭ | loop, knot; mesh, netting; mesh used as a filter,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mozgo- | netting, mesh, knot, loop |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mezgʷ- | to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,... |