Where does “долгорукий” come from?
долгорукий (Russian) comes from Russian рука́, from Old East Slavic рѫка, from Proto-Slavic rǫka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ránkāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European wrenk-, from Latvian wer- — to turn, to bend.
долгорукий (Russian): long-armed
Definitions
- long-armed
Ancestry of “долгорукий”, step by step
долгорукий traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.