Etymograph

English

Red Russia

From red (“communist”) + Russia.

Formed from red ‘communist’ + Russia

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-

…

Proto-Germanic *raudaz

Proto-West Germanic *raud

Old English rēad

Middle English red ‘red’

English red

Old East Slavic Русь

Medieval Latin Russia

English Russia

Today it means

name The former USSR.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Red Russia