English
Pugach
Pugach may come from Russian Пугач.
- RussianmodernПугачPugačuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Pugach
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- RussianmodernПугачPugačuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Pugach
Earliest quotation: 2007, Ruth La Ferla, What’s Love Got to Do With It?: “The crime and trial were tabloid sensations. But the…”
Every English word from Russian Пугач
Today it means
name A surname from Yiddish, Ukrainian, Russian, meaning “owl”, variant of Pugacz, equivalent to Ukrainian Пугач (Puhač) or Hebrew פוגץ or פוגטש.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Russian Пугач / Pugach