Where does “vatnik” come from?
vatnik (English) comes from Russian ва́тник, from Russian ва́та, from German Watte, from Dutch watten, from French ouate — cotton wool; first-person singular present...
vatnik (English): quilted jacket; Russian patriotic redneck
Definitions
- quilted jacket; Russian patriotic redneck
Ancestry of “vatnik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | ва́тник | quilted jacket |
| 2 | Russian | ва́та | cotton wool; wadding |
| 3 | German | Watte | cotton wool |
| 4 | Dutch | watten | cotton wool |
| 5 | French | ouate | cotton wool; first-person singular present... |