Russian Language Exported: RASPUTITSA
A word that explains the causes of seasonal impassable roads.
‘Rasputitsa’ (English: ‘rasputitsa’, German: ‘Rasputiza’, French: ‘raspoutitsa’, Finnish: ‘rospuutto’) is the season of impassable roads, when the spring thaw or fall rains turn dirt roads into a muddy mess. The word is derived from the Russian root ‘put’ (meaning, path or way). It entered foreign languages as early as the 19th century and became officially established in the 20th.