Where does “Zhukov” come from?
Zhukov comes from Russian жук, meaning beetle, derived from Proto-Slavic žukъ of the same meaning.
Ancestry of “Zhukov”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | Жу́ков | — |
| 2 | Russian | жук | beetle; rogue, crook |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | žukъ | — |