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Where does “крах” come from?

крах (Russian) comes from German Krach, from Middle High German krach.

крах (Russian): failure, crash, ruin, bankruptcy

Definitions

  1. failure, crash, ruin, bankruptcy

Ancestry of “крах”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKrachcrash; noise
2Middle High Germankrach—
Every word from Middle High German krach →