Where does “mazurka” come from?
mazurka (Czech) comes from Polish Mazurek, from Polish -ek, from Polish -ny, from Latin temporālis, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
mazurka (Czech): mazurka
Ancestry of “mazurka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | Mazurek | — |
| 2 | Polish | -ek | masculine diminutive noun suffix |
| 3 | Polish | -ny | Forms masculine adjectives |
| 4 | Latin | temporālis | — |
| 5 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |