Where does “Ryś” come from?

Ryś (Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic rysь — lynx.

Ryś (Polish): Lynx

Definitions

  1. Lynx

Ancestry of “Ryś”, step by step

Ryś traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic rysь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicrysьlynx

via Middle High German rîz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanrîz—

Words derived from “Ryś”

Every word from Proto-Slavic rysь →