Where does “żirafa” come from?

żirafa (Kashubian) comes from Polish żyrafa, from French girafe, from Middle French giraffe — giraffe mammal.

żirafa (Kashubian): giraffe

Definitions

  1. giraffe

Ancestry of “żirafa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishżyrafagiraffe
2Frenchgirafegiraffe; boom
3Middle Frenchgiraffegiraffe mammal
Every word from Middle French giraffe →Every word from French girafe →Every word from Polish żyrafa →