Where does “Russies” come from?
Russies (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans Rus, from Dutch rusten, from Middle Dutch rusten, from Old Dutch rusten, from Proto-West Germanic hrustijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
Russies (Afrikaans): Russian of, from, or pertaining to Russia, the Russian people or the Russian language
Definitions
- Russian of, from, or pertaining to Russia, the Russian people or the Russian language
Ancestry of “Russies”, step by step
Russies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans Rus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | Rus | Russian person from Russia or of Russian descent |
| 2 | Dutch | rusten | to rest; to lie, be supported; to equip, to... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | rusten | to rest, to recuperate; to be somewhere in rest,... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | rusten | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hrustijan | to adorn, decorate; to equip |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Afrikaans ies
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | ies | — |