Etymology

Sirota

S1I1R1O1T1A1

Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Ukrainian сирота ← Belarusian сірота ← Russian сирота
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The story

  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*sirota“orphan”
  2. Old Polish · derived fromsirota
  3. Slovak · derived fromsirota
  4. Russian · derived fromсирота
  5. Belarusian · derived fromсірота
  6. Ukrainian · derived fromсирота
  7. English todaySirota

From Ukrainian сирота (syrota), Belarusian сірота (siróta), Russian сирота (sirota), Slovak sirota, or Old Polish sirota; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sirota (“orphan”).

Words from the same roots

Ukrainianсирота all →

Syrota

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.