Etymology

tovarish

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Today it means: Comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR. Full definition →

Russian това́рищ (továrišč) ← Old East Slavic товарищь (tovariščĭ) ← Proto-Slavic *tovariščь
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The story

  1. Sogdian𐫕𐫁𐫀𐫡 (θbʾr)
  2. Proto-Turkic*tabar
  3. Proto-Slavic*tovarъ
  4. Proto-Slavic*tovariščь
  5. Old East Slavicтоварищь (tovariščĭ)
  6. Russianтова́рищ (továrišč)
  7. English todaytovarish

Borrowed from Russian това́рищ (továrišč).

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