Where does “Molotov cocktail” come from?

Molotov cocktail (English) comes from Finnish Molotovin koktaili, from Russian Мо́лотов.

Molotov cocktail (English): A crude incendiary bomb made from a glass bottle,...

Definitions

  1. A crude incendiary bomb made from a glass bottle,...

Ancestry of “Molotov cocktail”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMolotovin koktailiMolotov cocktail
2RussianМо́лотов—

Words derived from “Molotov cocktail”

Every word from Russian Мо́лотов →Every word from Finnish Molotovin koktaili →