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My wife's name is Aleksandra, but the short version of that is Ola. Similarly, Olek is a short for Aleksander. Also no idea why.
by gambiting 5y ago
My wife's name is Aleksandra, but the short version of that is Ola. Similarly, Olek is a short for Aleksander. Also no idea why.
- melissalobos 5y ago> Olek is a short for Aleksander. Very likely this is due to both being transliterations from Cyrillic.
- aleksiy123 5y agoThis is correct. Oleksander is Ukranian form of Aleksander.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- PeterisP 5y agoThe O/A phonetic distinction in Russian and related languages is tricky, with some dialects making a distinction and some not (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel_reduction_in_Russian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel_reduction_in_Russian and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akanye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akanye) If someone would pronounce Alek and Olek the same, the chosen transcription of the shortened nickname is pretty much arbitrary.
- mechanical_bear 5y agoOr the diminutive is Sasha. For reasons?