Words from Russian
3 words in Curio passed through Russian on their way into English.
About Russian
East Slavic language of the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European family · spoken today
Where
Russia → official also in Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, and a lingua franca in Ukraine, Moldova, the Caucasus and Central Asia
When
Dates unknown
Speakers
171.4M
as of 2010
Speakers, Wikidata figure for 2010
Family path
- Russian
- English
Where it came from
Russian is an East Slavic language in the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European family. It is one of four extant East Slavic languages and is the native language of the Russian people. It is written in the Russian alphabet of the Cyrillic script.
Source: Wikipedia
The words, A to Z
- czar
One Roman general's name traveled through Germanic and Slavic mouths to become a title for emperors thousands of years later.
- parka
This warm hooded coat traveled across the Arctic through several languages before landing in English.
- vodka
Russia's signature spirit is, at its linguistic root, just a little bit of water.