8 Russian Words We Should Be Using In English
www.babbel.com › en › magazineMar 09, 2017 · The Russian word снеговик is only partly translatable. Снег (sneg) means “snow” and вик (vik) is a suffix that can make a new word — it’s for this reason that the English translation for снеговик would be something like “snowling,” a much more appropriate word than “snowman” (especially considering that the snow creatures would be deemed its own species).