Where does “chistka” come from?
chistka (English) comes from Russian чи́стка, from Russian чи́стить, from Proto-Slavic čistiti, from Proto-Slavic čistъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic skīstas, from Proto-Indo-European skidtos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keyd-.
chistka (English): A political purge in Russia
Definitions
- A political purge in Russia
Ancestry of “chistka”, step by step