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Where does “щелкунчик” come from?

щелкунчик (Russian) comes from Russian щелку́н.

щелкунчик (Russian): figure nutcracker

Definitions

  1. figure nutcracker

Ancestry of “щелкунчик”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianщелку́н—
Every word from Russian щелку́н →