Where does “tolkach” come from?

tolkach (English) comes from Russian толкач, from Russian -а́ч, from Old East Slavic -ачь, from Proto-Slavic -ačь — Denominal, forming nouns denoting a carrier of a...

tolkach (English): In the Soviet Union, an employee whose role was to use informal connections to make it possible for their enterprise to meet or manipulate the government-imposed targets

Definitions

  1. In the Soviet Union, an employee whose role was to use informal connections to make it possible for their enterprise to meet or manipulate the government-imposed targets

Ancestry of “tolkach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianтолкачhelper engine, pusher engine, bank engine (a railway locomotive that temporarily assists a train that requires additional power or traction to climb a gradient)
2Russian-а́ч—
3Old East Slavic-ачь—
4Proto-Slavic-ačьDenominal, forming nouns denoting a carrier of a...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ačь →Every word from Russian -а́ч →Every word from Old East Slavic -ачь →