COCKROACHES PRUSAK AND OTHER NICKNAMES OF THESE INSECTS, WHY THEY ARE OFTEN CALLED STASIK

Since time immemorial, cockroaches have lived alongside people. Despite the apparent hostility towards them, the homeowners are not surprised by their appearance and are trying in every way to get rid of these pests.

It is clear why, because their appearance, above all, speaks of the uncleanliness of the homeowner, although it is not a fact that this is in fact the case. The reasons for their settlement in the apartment or in the house are many.

Whatever you say, they have become so commonplace that the corresponding images can be found in children's fairy tales and poems, in songs, proverbs and sayings. It is not surprising that the people have their nicknames. And as they are called, we will now consider in more detail.

Why cockroaches called Stasik?

There is a version that the cockroach was called Stasik after the appearance bearded jokein which the wolf, suffering from a hangover, saw a cockroach crawling past and asked what his name was. When he replied: "Stasik," the wolf, slowly and with anger, crushing an insect with its paw, said: "How damn bad it is now, Stasik!" But this version is not very convincing. After all, this is how pests are called in the Trans-Baikal land, in the Ural and in the Ukrainian.

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It is believed that the nickname home parasite received for your mustache. There was a time when people noticed: baleen men are often called Stasami. Moreover, in their temperament, they are energetic and mobile, like the red domestic pests. It is for this reason that the insect got its name. Well, given the size, Stas turned into Stasika.

There is also a less beautiful opinion that the name Stas is consonant with the word, which refers to men with non-traditional sexual orientation. Domestic pests, annoying owners, began to call that way.

If you delve into foreign words, the word "mustache" is translated into English as "mustache" with the ending "-stach". "Mustacchi" in Italy also has a similar ending to "-stachi"; and the French "mostaccio" in Russian sounds like "Mostassio".

The words are of Greek origin from "mustak" - "mustache". Of course, it is difficult to imagine that the ancient expert on foreign languages translated all these words and invented the nickname. But also this version should not be dismissed.

There are other stories "stasikov." Someone thinks so called the sailorsand someone - that this name was invented by people who are serving their sentences behind prison bars.

An even more original version of the people emerged with the advent of the political figure Anastas Mikoyan. According to his contemporaries, a food industry worker had something of a cockroach. But this version has no confirmation.

In the photo stasiki cockroaches:

Prusak

The red-headed cockroach is most common in Russia. He has an unusual name: prusak. This is the name came up with the Russian people. Then in our country it was believed that the red relatives of black cockroaches came from Germany, which was called Prussia.

Interestingly, the Czechs with the Germans, by contrast, consider the red "settlers" Russian. In fact, they came to the countries of Europe, to the North American continent and to Russia from South Asia, and in our country they took root, despite its cold climate.

It should be noted that this creation of nature is heat-loving, dies already at 5 degrees below zero and chooses warm apartments for settlement.

His main invasion of our country began during the Napoleonic Wars.

Then Prussian soldiers captured many cities and towns located in the European part of Russia.

So the locals could well have the impression that the Prusak cockroaches came along with the German invaders.

At the same time, a similar situation developed in Prussia. There, the Germans also thought that the pests were with the Russian conquerors periodically appearing in their country. Therefore, they called them Rusakov. And in the Balkans they were called Bubarus, that is, Russian beetles. In fact, the pests entered Europe and Russia at the same time. Just their mass distribution coincided with large-scale wars. Therefore, it seems that domestic pests are a result of military actions.

Interesting! Red animals in East Germany are called "Russians", and in the western part of the country - "French".

It seems that the Germans blamed anyone for infecting homes, but not themselves. Nevertheless, the famous scientist Karl Linney confirmed the version of the Russian peasants, who believed that domestic evil came from Germany.

In the photo cockroaches Prusak:

What do people call cockroaches?

In the people behind the red pests entrenched and other nicknames. Their names are "mushrooms", "tariffs", "trams", "avtomobilchikami" and "tanchikami". "Tanchiki" and "trams" appeared due to some consonance of words. "Ryzhiki" - of course, because of the color. There is one more word - "chews". Its origin is still not known.
Mustaches also work on the appearance of the original nicknames. For example, sarcastically minded people often call home parasites. "felix", apparently, taking into account the spectacular and memorable appearance of the main Soviet security officer - Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky.
In German, the word "mustache" is translated as Schnurrbart. Russified Germans often called insects Shurbarts. The peasants, communicating with them, converted the difficult word into the more familiar to the Russian ear "Shurik". So another nickname appeared. By the way, the Serbs often call the uninvited pests "Bubashvab", which means "German bug".

reference. If we talk about the origin of the word "cockroach", then its linguists have identified Turkic roots. In the steppes of Kazakhstan, the insect was called "kara-khan", in translation - "black lord", "dignitary". And in the Chuvash tar-agan - that is, "He who runs away."

Many of us noticed that at the slightest threat the cockroach runs away. This is a characteristic feature of him: our distant ancestors noticed it. In Turkic languages, there is also the word "tarka" - that is, "diverge."

Summarizing all the above, I would like to note that neither butterflies, nor mosquitoes, nor bedbugs have such a number of nicknames as that of a red goose that we are used to. And no matter what is the cause of their occurrence, one thing is completely clear: as long as the cockroach lives next to a person, it is unlikely that he will be able to get rid of the old nicknames and, quite possibly, the origin of the new ones.

But above all, these are domestic parasites and must be fought. And this can be done both by traditional chemical means: powders, crayons, traps, gels, aerosols, and folk, for example, boric acid.

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