Etymograph

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Ruzzian

Ruzzian 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 2016Ruzzian

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 2016Ruzzian

Earliest quotation: 2016, Paweł Nowak, Linguistic Image of the Conflict. Semantics and Pragmatics: “Oh, God! To sound more RUZZIAN: it was exactly…”

A blend of Russian + Nazi

Proto-Finnic *roocci ‘Swedes’

Old East Slavic Русь

English Russian

German Nationalsozialist ‘National Socialist’

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

English Nazi

The story

A neologism that appeared following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Every English word from Proto-Slavic *pasti

Today it means

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