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Origin of soviet
- Russian sovet council, soviet from Old Russian sŭvětŭ ksun in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Russian совет (sovet, “council"), from Old Russian and Old Church Slavonic съвѣтъ (sÅvÄ›tÅ, “advice"). Compounded from со- (so-) + Old Church Slavonic вѣтъ (vÄ›tÅ, “agreement"), from Proto-Slavic *vÄ›tÑŠ (“council, talk"). Related words include навет, извет, ответ, привет, обет, вече, отвечать, ответить, завещать, and совещаться. Probably cognate with Polish witać (“to welcome").
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- From Russian совет (sovét), советский (sovétskij)
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