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Plautdietsch in Russia
From Russian: Kinship Terms, Clothing Terms, and Nicknames:
- Kuchne ‘summer kitchen’ (< Rus. kuxne ‘kitchen’)
- Paltoo ‘coat’ (< Rus. pal’to < French paletot)
- cf. 1874 Äwarock ‘(over)coat’
- Plemennikj ‘nephew’ (< Rus. plemjannik)
- Wanja ‘Johnny’ (< Rus. Vanja < Ivan ‘John’)
- Ljolja ‘Helena’ (< Rus. Ljolja < Olga)
- cf. 1874 Leen(tje) < (He)leena ‘Helena’
Notes:
Cf. Epp (1993), Quiring (1928), Thiessen (1963)