English

Russiaball

From Russia + ball, by analogy with terms like countryball and Polandball.

A compound of Russia + ball

Old East Slavic Русь

Medieval Latin Russia

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to blow’

Proto-Germanic *balluz ‘round object’

Old English *beall

Middle English bal ‘a ball’

English ball

Today it means

name Russia as a countryball.

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

Etymograph / Russiaball