Where does “derussificazione” come from?
derussificazione (Italian) comes from Italian russificazione, from Italian russificare, from Italian russo, from Sicilian russu, from Latin russus, from Latin Russia, from Old East Slavic Русь, from Finnish ruotsi — to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare.
derussificazione (Italian): derussianization
Ancestry of “derussificazione”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | russificazione | Russianization |
| 2 | Italian | russificare | To Russianize |
| 3 | Italian | russo | Russian; the Russian language; first-person... |
| 4 | Sicilian | russu | red; redhead; Russian |
| 5 | Latin | russus | red, reddish-brown |
| 6 | Latin | Russia | — |
| 7 | Old East Slavic | Русь | Rus; Ruthenia |
| 8 | Finnish | ruotsi | Swedish |
| 9 | Proto-Finnic | *roocci | — |
| 10 | Old Swedish | roþs- | related to rowing |
| 11 | Old Norse | róðr | — |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | rōþrą | oar; rudder |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁reh₁- | to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare |