Where does “Galicja” come from?

Galicja (Polish) comes from Latin Gallicia, from Old East Slavic Галичь, from Proto-Slavic galica — Alternative form of *galъka.

Ancestry of “Galicja”, step by step

Galicja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Gallicia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinGallicia
2Old East SlavicГаличьHalych, a town in Ukraine
3Proto-SlavicgalicaAlternative form of *galъka

via Medieval Latin Gallicia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval LatinGallicia
2Classical LatinGallaecia
3Classical LatinGallaecī

Words derived from “Galicja

Every word from Proto-Slavic galicaEvery word from Old East Slavic ГаличьEvery word from Latin Gallicia
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