сумбур

• Per Vasmer uncertain.
• Per Chernykh from Russian су- (su-) + the root from бурли́ть (burlítʹ), i.e. *субур with intrusive м. Compare сумя́тица (sumjática), су́толока (sútoloka).

The word has been known since the mid-18th and was noted by Lomonosov in the materials for his work "Russian Grammar".

• IPA^(key): [sʊmˈbur]
• Rhymes: -ur

сумбу́р • (sumbúr) m inan (genitive сумбу́ра, nominative plural сумбу́ры, genitive plural сумбу́ров, relational adjective сумбу́рный)

1. confusion

• сумбу́рный (sumbúrnyj)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сумбур”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “сумбур”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 218

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “сумбур”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.