Where does “чинуша” come from?
чинуша (Russian) comes from Russian чино́вник, from Russian чин, from Old East Slavic чинъ, from Proto-Slavic činъ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷey, from Proto-Indo-European kʷis — interrogative, relative stem; who, what;...
чинуша (Russian): apparatchik, bureaucrat blindly loyal bureaucrat, official
Definitions
- apparatchik, bureaucrat blindly loyal bureaucrat, official
Ancestry of “чинуша”, step by step
чинуша traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian чино́вник
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | чино́вник | official, functionary, bureaucrat |
| 2 | Russian | чин | rank; official; a religious rite |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | чинъ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | činъ | dignity |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷey | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷis | interrogative, relative stem; who, what;... |
via Ukrainian чиновник
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | чиновник | official, functionary, bureaucrat |
| 2 | Ukrainian | чиновний | of or pertaining to official, functionary; bureaucratic |
| 3 | Ukrainian | -о́вний | forms adjectives, mostly derived from prepositional phrases |
| 4 | Ukrainian | -о́вий | Used to form; -y |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | -овъ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -ovъ | of, belonging to |