Etymograph

English

shchi

Shchi comes from Old East Slavic *съто ‘nourishment, food’.

  1. Old East Slavicmodern*съто1‘nourishment, food’reconstructed
  2. Old East Slavicmodern*сътъ1reconstructedderived within Old East Slavic
  3. Russianmodernщи2
  4. Englishtodayshchi2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Russian щи
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English shchi

Lineage

  1. Old East Slavicmodern*сътоWiktionary, Russian щи‘nourishment, food’reconstructed
  2. Old East Slavicmodern*сътъWiktionary, Russian щиreconstructedderived within Old East Slavic
  3. RussianmodernщиWiktionary, English shchi
  4. EnglishtodayshchiWiktionary, English shchi

Every English word from Old East Slavic *съто

Today it means

noun A type of soup from Russia made from cabbage.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “shchi”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Russian щи. 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 / Old East Slavic *съто / shchi

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