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Водка: русизм или полонизм? Историко-этимологический этюд
Vodka: Russism or Polonism? Historical etymological etude

Author(s): Viktor Moiseenko
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages, Eastern Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Russian vodka; Polish wodka; linguistic borrowing; etymology;

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the etymology of the word vodka . The author cites both strictly linguistic and extra linguistic evidence in support of his argument that this word, which has penetrated numerous languages throughout the world, is of Polish origin

  • Issue Year: 57/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 383-395
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Russian