Where does “рукопожа́тный” come from?
рукопожа́тный (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.
рукопожа́тный (Russian): one who has not stained himself with unworthy, vile or immoral acts, someone you can shake hands with
Definitions
- one who has not stained himself with unworthy, vile or immoral acts, someone you can shake hands with
Ancestry of “рукопожа́тный”, step by step
рукопожа́тный traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.