The story
- Russian · borrowed fromНКВД
- English todayNKVD
Borrowed from Russian НКВД (NKVD), through phonetic spelling of Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних де́л (Naródnyj komissariát vnútrennix dél) and the use of acronym.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.