Where does “Khrushchev” come from?
Khrushchev comes from Russian Хрущёв, derived from Russian хрущ, from Old East Slavic хрущь meaning a type of beetle, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots ís and yós.
Khrushchev (English): English transliteration of the Russian surname Хрущёв; usually refers to the Russian revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b)
Definitions
- English transliteration of the Russian surname Хрущёв; usually refers to the Russian revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b)
Ancestry of “Khrushchev”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | Хрущёв | particular Nikita Khrushchev (April 17, 1894, to September 11, 1971) (First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union following the death of Joseph Stalin, presiding from 1953 to 1964) |
| 2 | Russian | хрущ | cockchafer; May beetle |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | хрущь | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | xrǫščь | cockchafer, scarab |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -jь | Adjectival inherited from the Caland roots,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yós | that, who, which |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | wiša | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wišás | poison, venom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wisós | fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;... |