Etymograph

English

khrushchevka

Khrushchevka comes from Russian хрущёвка ‘khrushchevka (an unofficial name of a type of…’, from хрущ ‘May beetle’, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic *xrǫstъ.

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*xrǫstъreconstructed
  2. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*xrǫščь‘cockchafer, scarab’reconstructed
  3. Middle Russianmodernхрущъ
  4. Russianmodernхрущxrušč‘May beetle’
  5. Russian, derivedmodernХрущёв
  6. Russian, derivedmodernхрущёвкаxruščóvka‘khrushchevka (an unofficial name of a type of low-cost’
  7. Englishtodaykhrushchevka

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*xrǫstъreconstructed
  2. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*xrǫščь‘cockchafer, scarab’reconstructed
  3. Middle Russianmodernхрущъ
  4. Russianmodernхрущxrušč‘May beetle’
  5. Russian, derivedmodernХрущёв
  6. Russian, derivedmodernхрущёвкаxruščóvka‘khrushchevka (an unofficial name of a type of low-cost’
  7. Englishtodaykhrushchevka

The story

Borrowed from Russian хрущёвка (xruščóvka), named after Nikita Khrushchev, former leader of the Soviet Union.

Every English word from Proto-Slavic *xrǫstъ

Today it means

noun A kind of low-cost apartment building constructed in the Soviet Union since the early 1960s.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *xrǫstъ / khrushchevka

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