Where does “Gorky” come from?

Gorky is the English spelling of the Russian surname Го́рский, derived from Russian го́рький meaning "bitter."

Gorky (English): A placename

Definitions

  1. A placename

Ancestry of “Gorky”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*kork-
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kork-