Talk:авторитарный

Etymology
@Nicodene: states that this term indeed comes from the French, regardless of potential phonological concerns. Specifically the line reads "— From French autoritaire 'authoritarian' via Russian авторитарный." Kiril kovachev (talk・contribs) 18:47, 16 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi @Kiril kovachev. That's interesting, thank you. Do you suppose the Polish form derives from Russian as well, or is it vice-versa? There is also the German autoritär to consider. This class of 'Europeanisms' can be a bit of a headache etymologically. Nicodene (talk) 18:53, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
 * @Nicodene Frankly I can't say, like you say it's quite complicated, and I have no source on that relationship. If I had to speculate, the Polish should come from one of the forms with the /u/ still intact, that is from French or German. But for the record, the Polish page cites 2 sources that the Polish is actually derived from English. Which I think is a bit rarer for these kinds of words, but not at all impossible. Kiril kovachev (talk・contribs) 18:57, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
 * P.S. If about the German you meant its own derivation, that one looks to have been explained as either internal German reasoning or from French as well. I believe that checks out. Kiril kovachev (talk・contribs) 18:59, 16 September 2023 (UTC)