English
Russki
Russki comes from Russian ру́сский ‘Russian’, from Old East Slavic русьскъ ‘Rusian’, and ultimately from Proto-Finnic *roocci ‘Swedes’.
- Proto-Finnicprehistoric (reconstructed)*roocci‘Swedes’reconstructed
- Old East SlavicmodernРусь
- Old East Slavic, derivedmodernрусьскъ‘Rusian’
- Russianmodernру́сский‘Russian’
- Englishearliest quotation 1960Russki
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
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- Proto-Finnicprehistoric (reconstructed)*roocci‘Swedes’reconstructed
- Old East SlavicmodernРусь
- Old East Slavic, derivedmodernрусьскъ‘Rusian’
- Russianmodernру́сский‘Russian’
- Englishearliest quotation 1960Russki
Earliest quotation: 1960, Dallas McCord Reynolds, I'm a Stranger Here Myself: “I scanned the front page. "The Russkies have put…”
first attested First attested in 1858 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1858. Popular usage influenced by -ski.
Every English word from Proto-Finnic *roocci
Today it means
adj Russian.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Finnic *roocci / Russki