俄羅斯
See also: 俄罗斯
Chinese
phonetic | ||||
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trad. (俄羅斯) | 俄 | 羅 | 斯 | |
simp. (俄罗斯) | 俄 | 罗 | 斯 |
Etymology
Borrowed from Manchu ᠣᡵᠣᠰ (oros), from Mongolian ᠣᠷᠤᠰ (orus), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ).
Altaic languages do not allow word-initial r-, and regressive vowel harmony generated the prosthetic word-initial vowel, which is retained in Chinese as an extra syllable.
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