Etymograph

English

Lenin

Lenin comes from Russian Ле́нин.

  1. RussianmodernЛе́нинLénin
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011Lenin

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. RussianmodernЛе́нинLénin
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011Lenin

Earliest quotation: 2011, Christine Dwyer Hickey, The Cold Eye of Heaven: “'He means the other Lennon,' Slowey's voice said. '…”

Equivalent to Lena + -in

Evenki Елюенэ ‘the Large River’

Russian Лена

English Lena

The story

Transliteration of Russian Ле́нин (Lénin), probably due to the use of a passport of a friend, Nikolay Lenin, whose surname originated from the Siberian Lena river. It is commonly believed that the Lena derives its name from the original Even-Evenk name Elyu-Ene, which means "the Large River".uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain.

Every English word from Russian Ле́нин

Today it means

name Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician.

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Etymograph / Russian Ле́нин / Lenin

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