Where does “bialy” come from?
bialy (English) comes from Yiddish ביאַלי, from Polish Białystok, from Polish stok, from Polish stoczyć, from Polish toczyć, from Proto-Slavic točiti, from Proto-Slavic tekti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tektej — to run, to flow.
bialy (English): A flat bread roll topped with onion flakes....
Definitions
- A flat bread roll topped with onion flakes....
Ancestry of “bialy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ביאַלי | bialy |
| 2 | Polish | Białystok | white slope |
| 3 | Polish | stok | slope |
| 4 | Polish | stoczyć | to roll downwards |
| 5 | Polish | toczyć | to roll; to turn; to carry on, to conduct |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | točiti | to cause to flow, run |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | tekti | to run, to flow |
| 8 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tektej | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tekʷ- | to run, to flow |