http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/93.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net WH fans as it has Cossacks (Kossars) and Polish winged cavalry together, but in real word WHFB era (sixteenth-seventeenth century) they were hated enemies.
I took words from Realm of the Ice Queen book (http://www.scribd.com/doc/31058965/WFRP-2nd-Ed-Realm-of-the-Ice-Queen, page 9) and tried to sort out them and define their origins:
Russian words (they may not be historically Russian, but exist in Russian language):
ataman (атаман)
atamanka - really it will be atamansha (атаманша)
blyad - it's a Russian taboo word
boyarin (боярин)
chapka (шапка)
druzhina (дружина)
esaul (есаул)
kibitkas - correct plural form: kibitki (кибитки), singular kibitka (кибитка)
kika (кика)
koniushy (конюший)
korzna (корзно)
koumiss (кумыс)
kozhukhi (кожухи)
krug (круг)
kvas (квас) - but it's really a non-alcoholic beverage made from bread, and the kvas described in WHFB is actually vodka
kyazak - correct: kazak (казак), a Cossack
lapti (лапти)
mazurka (мазурка) - actually a Polish dance
nekulturny (некультурный)
oblast (область)
prospekt (проспект) - it means only a broad street
polk (полк) - the word pulk is Polish but means the same as polk (regiment)
raspashnoe (распашное)
Raspotitsa - correct: Rasputitsa (Распутица)
rota (рота)
rubakha (рубаха)
samogon (самогон)
stanitsa (станица) - this term is only for Cossack villages
svolich - correct: svoloch (сволочь) - a curse word
swinia (свинья) - both Russian and Polish word
tirsa (тирса) - but actually it means a kind of weed and not a small village
venet - correct: venets (венец)
yurta (юрта)
zal (зал)
Polish words (except pulk and swinia):
burmistrz - it's actually derived from German Burgomeister
dewastacja - compare with devastation
do widzenia
dzien dobry
koszmar
krowa
szlachta - it's said in the Kislev dictionary that it's derived from Reikspiel Adelsgeschlect (a proof that Reikspiel IS actually German )
Other words:
bachor - in Uzbek it means spring (a season), and not a stupid warrior
droyashka - absolutely fictional
krashenin - unknown but it's derived from Russian красить (to paint)
riddle-man - I suppose this term isn't used definitely in English. In Russian it would be chelovek-zagadka (человек-загадка)
Urtza - also fictional
zza - it sounds like an interjection
And Kislev itself is actually a winter month in Hebrew calendar.
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