Where does “durak” come from?
durak (English) comes from Russian дура́к, from Russian -а́к, from Old East Slavic -акъ, from Proto-Slavic -akъ — Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...
durak (English): A traditional Russian card game in which players attempt to shed all of their cards
Definitions
- A traditional Russian card game in which players attempt to shed all of their cards
Ancestry of “durak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | дура́к | fool, simpleton, idiot stupid person with poor judgment |
| 2 | Russian | -а́к | suffix usually denoting a person with a given characteristic, or an inanimate noun of various meanings; often of a colloquial nature |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | -акъ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -akъ | Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of... |