Words that come from Polish -ak

400 words across 21 languages descend from Polish -ak — including Cossack, polka, Nowak, Spivack, cossack, polacca, Spiewak, Mazak.

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Polish (346)

English (18)

Latvian (6)

Tagalog (5)

German (4)

Russian (3)

Italian (2)

Hungarian (2)

Indonesian (2)

Chavacano (1)

Turkmen (1)

Veps (1)

Bashkir (1)

Yiddish (1)

French (1)

Bulgarian (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Swedish (1)

Danish (1)

Malay (1)

Spanish (1)