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Ruzzia

Ruzzia comes from Russian запад ‘west’, from Old East Slavic западъ ‘sunset’, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pasti.

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*pastireconstructed
  2. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*zapadъ‘sunset’reconstructed
  3. Old East Slavicmodernзападъ‘sunset’
  4. Russianmodernзападzapad‘west’
  5. Russian, derivedmodernZ
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2022Ruzzia

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*pastireconstructed
  2. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*zapadъ‘sunset’reconstructed
  3. Old East Slavicmodernзападъ‘sunset’
  4. Russianmodernзападzapad‘west’
  5. Russian, derivedmodernZ
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2022Ruzzia

Earliest quotation: 2022, Millie Cooke: “A third user, @Ni79Mo wrote: "See what happens when…”

A blend of Russia + Nazi

Old East Slavic Русь

Medieval Latin Russia

English Russia

German Nationalsozialist ‘National Socialist’

German Nazi ‘a member or (ideological) supporter of the…’

English Nazi

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