Where does “Soyuz” come from?
Soyuz comes from Russian сою́з, derived from Old Church Slavonic съѭзъ, a term historically denoting union or alliance.
Soyuz (English): Any of a series of Soviet, later Russian...
Definitions
- Any of a series of Soviet, later Russian...
Ancestry of “Soyuz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | сою́з | union |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | съѭзъ | union |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | съ- | describing an action moving from a single position or many positions into another single position |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | sъ(n)- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | jьz- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | sъ(n) | with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |