Etymology

osmina

O1S1M3I1N1A1

Today it means: An old Russian dry measure, approximately 105 litres; half of a tchetvert. Full definition →

Russian осьми́на
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Russian · borrowed fromосьми́на“eighth”
  2. English todayosmina

Borrowed from Russian осьми́на (osʹmína, “eighth”), related to восемь (vosemʹ, “eight”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.