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