Russian

arshin (Russian), unit of linear measure, 'archine': ARCHINE. F archine.

baba (Russian) 'old woman' (*baba-): BABUSHKA.

baidara (Russian) 'bidarka': BIDARKA.

balalaika (Russian) 'balalaika' (*baba-): BABALAIKA.

bol'shoi (Russian) 'big' (*bel-): BOLSHEVIK.

borot' (Russian) 'to overcome' (*bher-2): DUKHOBORS.

borshch (Russian) 'cow parsley' (*bhar-): BORSCHT.

borzoi (Russian) 'swift': BORZOI.

buran (Russian) 'buran': BURFAN.

byelii (Russian) 'white' (*bhel-1): BELGRADE, BELUGA.

cervonji (1-4) (Old Russian) 'chervonets': CHERVONETS.

chernyi (3-10,7-4) (Russian) 'black' (*kers-1): CHERNOZEM.

dacha (Russian) 'gift' (*dô-): DACHA.

dat' (Russian) 'to give' (*dô-): SAMIZDAT.

Don (Russian) 'the river Don': DON.

drogi (Russian) 'wagon' (*dhragh-): DROSHKY. G Droschke.

dukh (Russian) 'breath, spirit' (*dheu-1): DUKHOBOR.

Duma (Russian) 'Duma' (< Gmc < *dhê-1): DUMA.

glei (4-4) (Russian) 'clay' (*gel-1): GLEY.

golyi (5-4) (Russian) 'bald, naked': GALYAK.

gospodin (Russian) 'sir, master': GOSPODIN.

grom (Russian) 'thunder' (*ghrem-): POGROM.

kazak (Russian) 'adventurer, vagabond': COSSACK.

kazat' (Russian) 'to show': UKASE.

knish (Russian) 'knish': KNISH.

kopat' (Russian) 'to hack' (*skep-): KOPECK.

krai (4-4) (Russian) 'edge, brink': UKRAINIAN.

krasa (Russian) 'beauty': CRASH.

kreml' (Russian) 'citadel': KREMLIN.

kulak (Russian) 'fist, tight-fisted person': KULAK.

kvas (Russian) 'kvass': KVASS.

men'she (Russian) 'less' (*mei-2): MENSHEVIK.

mir (Russian) 'commune, joy, peace' (*mei-4): MIR.

mlinu (5-4), blinu (5-4) (Old Russian) 'pancake': BLINI, BLINTZ. G Plinse.

muzh (Russian) 'man' (*man-1): MUZHIK.

-nik agent noun suffix: SPUTNIK.

nudnyi (Russian) 'tedious' (*nâu-1): NUDGE.

oblast' (Russian) 'oblast' (*wal-): OBLAST.

pir (Russian) 'feast': PIROG.

pods (Russian) 'bottom, ground' (*ped-1): PODZOL.

polyi (5-4) (Russian) 'open' (*pelª-2): POLYNYA.

put' (Russian) 'path, way' (*pent-): SPUTNIK. G Sputnik.

rubiti (Old Russian) 'to cut up, build': ROUBLE.

samo- (Russian) 'self' (*sem-1): SAMOVAR.

sekach (Russian) 'seecatch': SEECATCH.

shashlyk (Russian) 'shashlik': SHASHLIK.

skrest' (Russian) 'to scratch': SCORBUTIC.

so, s- (Russian) 'with' (*ksun): SPUTNIK. G Sputnik.

staryi (6-4) (Russian) 'old, long-standing' (*stâ-): STARETS.

step' (Old Russian) 'lowland': STEPPE.

sterlyad' (Russian) 'sterlet': STERLET.

struga (Russian) 'deep place' (*ster-2): SASTRUGA.

su- (Old Russian) 'together' (*sem-1): SOVIET.

suvetu (4-4) (Old Russian) 'assembly': SOVIET.

telega (4-4) (Old Russian) 'telega': TELEGA.

troje (Russian) 'three' (*trei-): TROIKA.

u- (Old Russian) 'away' (*au-3): UKASE, UKRAINIAN.

-uga, -ukha augmentative suffix: BELUGA.

versta (Russian) 'line' (*wer-3): VERST.

vetu (2-4) (Old Russian) 'council': SOVIET.

-vik noun suffix: BOLSHEVIK.

vjera (Russian) 'faith': VERA.

voda (Russian) 'water' (*wed-1): VODKA. G Wodka. Russ voda.

yurta (Russian) 'yurt': YURT.

za (Russian) 'by, to': SASTRUGA.

zemlya (Russian) 'land' (*dhghem-): ZEMSTVO.

zola (Russian) 'ashes' (*ghel-2): PODZOL.