Where does “Białystok” come from?

Białystok (Polish) comes from Polish stok, from Polish stoczyć, from Polish toczyć, from Proto-Slavic točiti, from Proto-Slavic tekti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tektej, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

Białystok (Polish): white slope

Definitions

  1. white slope

Ancestry of “Białystok”, step by step

Białystok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish stok

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishstokslope
2Polishstoczyćto roll downwards
3Polishtoczyćto roll; to turn; to carry on, to conduct
4Proto-Slavictočitito cause to flow, run
5Proto-Slavictektito run, to flow
6Proto-Balto-Slavictektej—
7Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow

via Polish Biały

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishBiaływhite
2Old Polishbiaływhite
3Proto-Slavic*bě̃lъwhite the brightest color

Words derived from “Białystok”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tektej →Every word from Proto-Slavic tekti →