English
RPK
RPK comes from Russian РПК.
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attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
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The story
Romanization of Russian РПК (RPK), which is an initialism of ручной пулемёт Калашникова (ručnoj pulemjót Kalašnikova, “Kalashnikov hand-held machine gun”).
Every English word from Russian РПК
Today it means
name A Soviet 7.62×39mm cartridge light machine gun
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Russian РПК / RPK