Literature
- Kiparsky, Valentin, Russische Historische Grammatik, 3 vols., 1963, 1967, 1975.
- Max Vasmer: Etymological dictionary of the Russian language (Russisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, 4 volumes, Heidelberg, 1950–58; Russian translation 1964–73).
- Terence Wade, Russian etymological dictionary, Duckworth Publishing, 1996 – ISBN 1-85399-414-6
- Alexander G. Preobrazhensky, Etymological dictionary of the Russian language, Columbia University Press, 1983 – ISBN 0-231-01889-4
- Serguei Sakhno, Dictionnaire russe–français d'étymologie comparée: correspondences lexicales historiques – ISBN 2-7475-0219-8
- Paul Clemens and Elena Chapovalova, Les mots Russes par la racine (Essai de vocabulaire Russe contemporain par l'étymologie)- ISBN 2-7475-2833-2
- Vinokur, G. O. (2010). Forsyth, James; Forsyth, Mary A.. eds. The Russian Language: A Brief History (2 ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 160. ISBN 978-0-521-13154-4.
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