Etymology

chudjak

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Today it means: A "chud" Wojak, depicted as a dour (or humorously bright) young man with glasses. Full definition →

English Wojak ← Polish wojak ← Proto-Slavic *vojakъ
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The story

  1. Proto-Cariban*karipona
  2. Spanishcaribe
  3. Spanishcaríbal
  4. Spanishcaníba
  5. Englishcannibal
  6. Englishcannibalistic
  7. Latinhūmānu
  8. Old Frenchumain
  9. Middle Frenchhumain
  10. Middle Englishhumayne
  11. Englishhuman
  12. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  14. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  15. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  16. Englishhumanoid
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  20. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  21. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  22. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  23. Proto-Germanic*under
  24. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  25. Old Englishunder
  26. Middle Englishunder
  27. Proto-Indo-European*gʰrem-
  28. Proto-Germanic*grunduz
  29. Proto-West Germanic*grundu
  30. Old Englishgrund
  31. Middle Englishgrounde
  32. Middle Englishundergrounde
  33. Englishunderground
  34. Proto-Indo-European*dʰwel-
  35. Proto-Germanic*dwalaz
  36. Proto-Germanic*dwaljaną
  37. Proto-West Germanic*dwalljan
  38. Old Englishdwellan
  39. Old Norsedveljainflu.
  40. Middle Englishdwellen
  41. Middle Englishdweller
  42. Englishdweller
  43. Englishdwellers
  44. EnglishC.H.U.D.
  45. Englishchud
  46. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-
  47. Proto-Balto-Slavic*wájas
  48. Proto-Slavic*vojь
  49. Proto-Slavic*vojakъ
  50. Polishwojak
  51. EnglishWojak
  52. English todaychudjak

Blend of chud (“a person, usually male, who usually holds sociopolitical views seen as reactionary”) + Wojak. Created as a caricature of a typical /pol/ user. It is based on a real picture of El Paso shooter Patrick Crusius.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.