Where does “פוגרום” come from?

פוגרום (Hebrew) comes from Yiddish פּאָגראָם, from Russian погро́м, from Russian громи́ть, from Proto-Slavic *gromiti — to thunder, to rattle.

פוגרום (Hebrew): pogrom; mess

Definitions

  1. pogrom; mess

Ancestry of “פוגרום”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפּאָגראָםpogrom
2Russianпогро́мpogrom, massacre
3Russianгроми́тьto smash, to sack
4Proto-Slavic*gromitito thunder, to rattle
Every word from Proto-Slavic *gromiti →Every word from Russian громи́ть →Every word from Russian погро́м →