Etymograph

English

RuSSian

Blend of Russian + SS (“Schutzstaffel”), implying that the Russian character is fascistic.

A blend of Russian + SS ‘Schutzstaffel’

Proto-Finnic *roocci ‘Swedes’

Old East Slavic Русь

English Russian

The story

Blend of Russian + SS (‘Schutzstaffel’), implying that the Russian character is fascistic.

Today it means

adj Russian.

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

Etymograph / RuSSian