Where does “Russia” come from?

Russia derives from Medieval Latin Russi, from Byzantine Greek Ῥωσία, a term for the medieval East Slavic state and people of that region.

Russia (English): It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991

Definitions

  1. It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991

Ancestry of “Russia”, step by step

Russia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Medieval Latin Russi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval LatinRussiRussians
2Old East SlavicРусьRus; Ruthenia
3FinnishruotsiSwedish
4Proto-Finnic*roocciSwede originally anyone from Roslagen
5Old Swedishroþs-related to rowing
6Old Norseróðrrowing
7Proto-Germanicrōþrąoar; rudder
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reh₁-to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare

via New Latin Russia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New LatinRussia—

Words derived from “Russia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁reh₁- →