Where does “Руне́т” come from?
Руне́т (Russian) comes from Russian интерне́т, from English internet, from English internetwork, from English network, from English Net, from Middle English net, from Anglo-Norman neit, from Old French net.
Руне́т (Russian): The Russian-language websites on the Internet, taken as a whole, Runet
Definitions
- The Russian-language websites on the Internet, taken as a whole, Runet
Ancestry of “Руне́т”, step by step
Руне́т traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian интерне́т
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | интерне́т | internet |
| 2 | English | internet | Any set of computer networks that communicate... |
| 3 | English | internetwork | A network of networks; To set up as a network of... |
| 4 | English | network | A fabric or structure of fibrous elements... |
| 5 | English | Net | the Internet |
| 6 | Middle English | net | worthy, good, pure, fine, elegant |
| 7 | Anglo-Norman | neit | good, desireable, clean |
| 8 | Old French | net | neat, decent |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 10 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 11 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 14 | Cebuano | -hi | — |
via Russian ру́сский
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ру́сский | Ethnic Russian, of Rus; Russian |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | русьскъ | Rusian |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | Русь | Rus; Ruthenia |
| 4 | Finnish | ruotsi | Swedish |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | *roocci | Swede originally anyone from Roslagen |
| 6 | Old Swedish | roþs- | related to rowing |
| 7 | Old Norse | róðr | rowing |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rōþrą | oar; rudder |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁reh₁- | to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare |