Where does “Halychyna” come from?

Halychyna (English) comes from Ukrainian Галичина́, from Ukrainian Галич, from Old East Slavic Галичь, from Proto-Slavic galica — Alternative form of *galъka.

Halychyna (English): Galicia, a region between Poland and Ukraine

Definitions

  1. Galicia, a region between Poland and Ukraine

Ancestry of “Halychyna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UkrainianГаличина́—
2UkrainianГалич—
3Old East SlavicГаличьHalych, a town in Ukraine
4Proto-SlavicgalicaAlternative form of *galъka
Every word from Proto-Slavic galica →Every word from Old East Slavic Галичь →Every word from Ukrainian Галич →