Where does “czekistka” come from?
czekistka (Polish) comes from Polish czekista, from Russian чеки́ст, from Russian Чека́, from Russian ЧК, from Russian Всеросси́йская чрезвыча́йная коми́ссия — All-Russian Extraordinary Commission.
Ancestry of “czekistka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | czekista | Chekist |
| 2 | Russian | чеки́ст | Chekist; an agent of the Cheka, the Soviet Russian secret police from 1917 to 1922, replacing the Okhrana secret police of Tsarist Russia; succeeded by the OGPU and NKVD |
| 3 | Russian | Чека́ | — |
| 4 | Russian | ЧК | Cheka forerunner of the KGB |
| 5 | Russian | Всеросси́йская чрезвыча́йная коми́ссия | All-Russian Extraordinary Commission |