Glossary:

otechestvo

Language: Russian

fatherland

the fatherland, inclusive of patriotic overtones; otechestvo is a derivative of otets – the father.

Romance languages tend to derive words for homeland also from the father-land: see la patrie (French), la patria (Italian).

Posted by Birgit Beumers on 15 Jan 2008 •

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