Etymograph

English

Surzhyk

Surzhyk comes from Russian су́ржик ‘bread made from a dough from different types…’.

  1. Russianmodernсу́ржикsúržik‘bread made from a dough from different types of grains’
  2. Ukrainianmodernsame formsúržyk
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2022Surzhyk

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Russianmodernсу́ржикsúržik‘bread made from a dough from different types of grains’
  2. Ukrainianmodernsame formsúržyk
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2022Surzhyk

Earliest quotation: 2022, Valerie Hopkins, War May Be Distant in Moscow, but in One Russian Border City: “I was waiting for them with so much happiness,”…”

Every English word from Russian су́ржик

Today it means

name A pidgin language or interlanguage combining elements of Russian and Ukrainian, spoken mainly in Ukraine but also some neighbouring regions in Russia (Kursk, Voronezh and Belgorod) or Ukrainians living in Russia.

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

Etymograph / Russian су́ржик / Surzhyk

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