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

  1. quilted jacket; Russian patriotic redneck

Ancestry of “vatnik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianва́тникquilted jacket
2Russianва́таcotton wool; wadding
3GermanWattecotton wool
4Dutchwattencotton wool
5Frenchouatecotton wool; first-person singular present...
Every word from French ouate →Every word from Dutch watten →Every word from German Watte →