English
Belarus
Belarus comes from Old East Slavic Бѣла Русь, and goes back to Proto-Finnic *roocci.
- Proto-Finnicprehistoric (reconstructed)*rooccireconstructed
- Old East SlavicmodernРусьRusĭ
- Old East Slavic, derivedmodernБѣла РусьBěla Rusĭ
- BelarusianmodernБе́лая РусьBjélaja Rusʹ
- Belarusian, derivedmodernБелару́сьBjelarúsʹ
- Englishearliest quotation 2014Belarus
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Finnicprehistoric (reconstructed)*rooccireconstructed
- Old East SlavicmodernРусьRusĭ
- Old East Slavic, derivedmodernБѣла РусьBěla Rusĭ
- BelarusianmodernБе́лая РусьBjélaja Rusʹ
- Belarusian, derivedmodernБелару́сьBjelarúsʹ
- Englishearliest quotation 2014Belarus
Earliest quotation: 2014, Frank Jacobs, Welcome to Stanistan: “At a signing ceremony in the Kazakh capital, Astana,…”
Every English word from Proto-Finnic *roocci
Today it means
name A country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Belarus. Capital and largest city: Minsk.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Finnic *roocci / Belarus