Etymograph

English

duma

Duma comes from Russian ду́ма ‘elective legislative assembly’, from Proto-Slavic *duma ‘breath, spirit’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to put, do’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-1‘to put, do’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰóh₁mos1‘thing put’uncertain
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*dōmaz2‘judgement’uncertain
  4. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*duma3‘breath, spirit’uncertain
  5. Russianmodernду́ма3dúma‘elective legislative assembly’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1905duma3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *dōmaz
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Proto-Slavic *duma
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English duma
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1905, Russian Duma: “Hence, while preserving his autocratic power, the Czar decrees…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *dōmaz‘to put, do’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰóh₁mosWiktionary, Proto-Germanic *dōmaz‘thing put’uncertain
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*dōmazWiktionary, Proto-Slavic *duma‘judgement’uncertain
  4. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*dumaWiktionary, English duma‘breath, spirit’uncertain
  5. Russianmodernду́маWiktionary, English dumadúma‘elective legislative assembly’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1905dumaWiktionary, English duma. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1905, Russian Duma: “Hence, while preserving his autocratic power, the Czar decrees…”

The story

The drink is named after the legislative assembly.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to put, do’

do, fact, deal, hot, fair, defense, fan, benefit, fashion, feature, mid, theme, defence, custom, ethnic, sufficient, treasury, treasure, ethical, thesis, aesthetic, defendant, feast, synthetic, theology, tick, deed, dis, atheist, ethic, auditor, atheism, demi, deem, spade, ethos, forfeit, feral, fanatic, familial, 126 more

through Proto-Germanic *dōmaz ‘judgement’

doom, deeming, 4 more

Today it means

noun A Russian legislative assembly such as the historical duma of the Russian Empire or the modern lower house of the Federal Assembly (the Russian national parliament).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “duma”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, Proto-Slavic *duma. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- / duma

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