The story
From mobik, likely influenced by vatnik (“unintelligent Russian patriot”) and, more generally, the -nik suffix associated with Slavic languages.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
From mobik, likely influenced by vatnik (“unintelligent Russian patriot”) and, more generally, the -nik suffix associated with Slavic languages.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.