Where does “sprusz” come from?

sprusz (Kashubian) comes from English Spruce, from Middle English Spruce, from Middle English Pruce, from Latin Prussia, from Middle High German Prūzin.

sprusz (Kashubian): spruce

Definitions

  1. spruce

Ancestry of “sprusz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSprucePrussia
2Middle EnglishSpruce—
3Middle EnglishPrucePrussia
4LatinPrussia—
5Middle High GermanPrūzin—
Every word from Middle High German Prūzin →Every word from Latin Prussia →Every word from Middle English Pruce →