Where does “Nowy Targ” come from?

Nowy Targ (English) comes from Polish Nowy Targ, from Polish Nowy, from Old Polish nowy, from Proto-Slavic nòvъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic náwas, from Proto-Indo-Aryan náwas, from Proto-Indo-European néwyos, from Proto-Indo-European néwos — new; to nod, assent to.

Nowy Targ (English): seat of the commune and the county

Definitions

  1. seat of the commune and the county

Ancestry of “Nowy Targ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishNowy Targ—
2PolishNowynew
3Old Polishnowynew
4Proto-Slavicnòvъnew
5Proto-Balto-Slavicnáwasnew
6Proto-Indo-Aryannáwas—
7Proto-Indo-EuropeannéwyosAlternative form of *néwos; new
8Proto-Indo-Europeannéwosnew
9Proto-Indo-Europeannew-new; to nod, assent to
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