этот

Etymology
From, with the expressive prefix (from ), winning over  in the 19th century. Compare 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1) this/that one, these/those (ones)

Usage notes

 * See for additional pronoun senses specific to the neuter singular.
 * Although in theory proximal, use of overlaps with that of the English distal demonstrative pronouns, that and those. The theoretically distal Russian demonstrative pronoun,, is mostly used in a few mostly grammatically supportive roles.