Where does “Wyrwas” come from?

Wyrwas (Polish) comes from Polish wyrwać, from Polish wy-, from Proto-Slavic vy-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ū́, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

Wyrwas (Polish): short song performed during the wyrwany

Definitions

  1. short song performed during the wyrwany

Ancestry of “Wyrwas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishwyrwaćto pull out, to extract; to pull from, to wrest,...
2Polishwy-Indicates movement outwards or away
3Proto-Slavicvy-out
4Proto-Balto-Slavicū́—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →