Where does “Cygan” come from?

Cygan (Polish) comes from Ancient Greek ἀθίγγανος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

Cygan (Polish): A male Gypsy

Definitions

  1. A male Gypsy

Ancestry of “Cygan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἀθίγγανοςone who does not want to be approached
2Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
3Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “Cygan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- →
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