Where does “Chorzów” come from?
Chorzów (English) comes from Polish Chorzów, from Polish chory, from Proto-Slavic xvorъ, from Proto-Indo-European swor-o-, from Proto-Indo-European swer- — to ache; to fester; wound; injury.
Ancestry of “Chorzów”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | Chorzów | — |
| 2 | Polish | chory | ill, sick; poisonous, noxious; outlandish, bogus |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | xvorъ | ill |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swor-o- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swer- | to ache; to fester; wound; injury |