Etymology

surzhyk

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Today it means: A pidgin language or interlanguage combining elements of Russian and Ukrainian, spoken mainly in Ukraine but also some neighbouring regions in Russia (Kursk, Voronezh and Belgorod) or Ukrainians living in Russia. Full definition →

Ukrainian су́ржик ← Russian су́ржик
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The story

  1. Russian · derived fromсу́ржик“bread made from a dough from different types of grains”
  2. Ukrainian · derived fromсу́ржик
  3. English todaySurzhyk

From Ukrainian су́ржик (súržyk) and regional Russian су́ржик (súržik, “bread made from a dough from different types of grains”).

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