Where does “Raków” come from?

Raków (English) comes from Polish Raków, from Polish rak, from Old Polish rak, from Proto-Slavic rakъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic rṓˀkas, from Proto-Indo-European wreh₃kʷos — looking backwards.

Raków (English): A settlement founded in the Sandomierz Voivodeship of Lesser Poland in 1569 as the centre of the Polish Brethren, the site of the Racovian Academy 1602–1638 and of the publication of the Racovian Catechism in 1605; a town until 1869, a village of the Republic of Poland and the seat of the gmina wiej

Definitions

  1. A settlement founded in the Sandomierz Voivodeship of Lesser Poland in 1569 as the centre of the Polish Brethren, the site of the Racovian Academy 1602–1638 and of the publication of the Racovian Catechism in 1605; a town until 1869, a village of the Republic of Poland and the seat of the gmina wiej

Ancestry of “Raków”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishRakówone of several villages in Poland
2Polishrakcancer; crayfish; crampon
3Old Polishrak—
4Proto-Slavicrakъcrayfish
5Proto-Balto-Slavicrṓˀkas—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwreh₃kʷoslooking backwards
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wreh₃kʷos →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic rṓˀkas →Every word from Proto-Slavic rakъ →