Where does “хрущёвка” come from?
хрущёвка (Russian) comes from Russian Хрущёв, from Russian хрущ, from Old East Slavic хрущь, from Proto-Slavic xrǫščь, from Proto-Slavic -jь, from Proto-Indo-European yós, from Proto-Finnic wiša, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wišás — fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;...
хрущёвка (Russian): Khrushchyovka; apartment in such a building
Definitions
- Khrushchyovka; apartment in such a building
Ancestry of “хрущёвка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | Хрущёв | particular Nikita Khrushchev (April 17, 1894, to September 11, 1971) (First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union following the death of Joseph Stalin, presiding from 1953 to 1964) |
| 2 | Russian | хрущ | cockchafer; May beetle |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | хрущь | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | xrǫščь | cockchafer, scarab |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -jь | Adjectival inherited from the Caland roots,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yós | that, who, which |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | wiša | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wišás | poison, venom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wisós | fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;... |