Where does “kulak” come from?
kulak (Czech) comes from Russian кула́к, from Turkic *kulak.
kulak (Czech): kulak, a prosperous peasant marked as an enemy of...
Definitions
- kulak, a prosperous peasant marked as an enemy of...
Ancestry of “kulak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | кула́к | fist; tight-fisted person; wealthy peasant;... |
| 2 | Turkic | *kulak | — |