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In modern society, a bottle is called a bottlevodka (less often wine), the volume of which is 0.25 ml. The word came into use and was used in this sense by Soviet people. Earlier, before the revolution, a bottle of ¼ liter was called a "rogue".

Cuckoo as a measure of volume in Russia

One of the variants of the origin of the word "cuckoo"connects this concept with the measure of volume in Rus - by a parity. She could take two cups. A couple of charoks were also called a couple. It is this word that formed the basis for the notion of a "couple", which deformed, forming a cuckoo. In some principalities in Russia in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the fourth part of the Qadi, whose weight content was different, was considered the fourth. At the beginning of the 17th century, a quarter meant four poods of rye grain, and in the 19th century a fourth part of a bucket, weighing more than two liters, was called a shell. In the autobiographical essays of the famous Soviet zoologist Zverev MD. you can find stories about how the Russian peasants bought bottles of vodka in taverns, put them in a boot and threw them over their shoulders and returned home. The author calls such bottles a snail.

How the fishermen invented a cuckoo

The modern word "cuckoo" has foreignroots with the Turkic origin. The Turkish word "c" akic "translates as a" hammer. "This has its explanation: in Russia, to stun the fish just caught, they used a special tool in the form of a club or a beater.The technique of using such a beater resembled a hammer blow. , denoting this process, "to bite fish." Here to the place, remember that initially, until the XIX century, alcohol for sale was packed in large buckets of bottles. The shape of such containers for vodka probably reminded people of the device that they chewed fish, and they became call these utyli chekushku. But then, this tradition was replaced by a new, and began to pour vodka in bottles smaller, but the habit of calling them chekushku preserved.

Cuckoo in the Soviet Union

It is noteworthy that the term, most likely,It gained popularity in the Soviet Union during the period of the so-called dry law. It is likely that the concept of a cuckoo has become a safe designation of a bottle of vodka or another liquor. After all, for public mention of alcohol, you could face the censure of others, while the use of the term "cuckoo" helped to freely discuss plans for the evening.