Etymology

kolovrat

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Today it means: An eight-spoked swastika used by Slavic neopagan, fascist, and nationalist groups. Full definition →

Proto-Slavic *kolovortъ ← Russian коловра́т
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kolovrat · noun1

  1. Russian · derived fromколовра́т
  2. Proto-Slavic · derived from*kolovortъ
  3. English todaykolovrat

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kolovortъ. In historical records, similar symbols were recorded as ладинец (ladinec) in Russian or słoneczko in Polish. This spelling was influenced by Russian коловра́т (kolovrát), the more well-known form of the symbol invented by the neo-pagan and neo-Nazi leader Alexey Dobrovolsky in the 1990s.

Kolovrat · proper noun2

  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*kolovortъ
  2. Slavic · derived fromKolovrat
  3. English todayKolovrat

From Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kolovortъ.

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