Where does “ополчение” come from?
ополчение (Russian) comes from Russian ополчи́ть, from Russian полк, from Old East Slavic пълъкъ, from Proto-Slavic pъlkъ, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
ополчение (Russian): militia, home guard, territorial army; levy
Definitions
- militia, home guard, territorial army; levy
Ancestry of “ополчение”, step by step