Where does “толпа” come from?
толпа (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic тълпа, from Proto-Slavic tъlpa — crowd.
толпа (Russian): crowd, throng
Ancestry of “толпа”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old East Slavic | тълпа | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | tъlpa | crowd |