Surname · Macedonian · Russian
Путин
“way, path, road”
Путин (Pútin) is a surname from Proto-Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Russian and Macedonian.
Macedonian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Putin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Путин goes back to a word meaning “way, path, road.”
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Where it comes from
Путин comes from Proto-Slavic, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
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How it developed
From Proto-Slavic *pǫtь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pont-, from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s, built from Russian путь (“way, path, road”) + -ин.
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Путин’s family of names
In Russian usage, Путин as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Dutch form Poetin. Путин as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the French form Poutine. Путин as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Putin.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Путин has relatives in 30 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 7
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