Where does “Krzywiec” come from?

Krzywiec (Polish) comes from Polish Krzywy, from Old Polish krzywy.

Krzywiec (Polish): to crook

Definitions

  1. to crook

Ancestry of “Krzywiec”, step by step

Krzywiec traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish Krzywy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishKrzywycrooked
2Old Polishkrzywy—

via Proto-Slavic *krivěti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*krivěti—
Every word from Old Polish krzywy →Every word from Polish Krzywy →