Etymology Explorer › Polish

Where does “bełt” come from?

bełt (Polish) comes from German Belt, from Danish bælt, from Translingual Baltia, from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

bełt (Polish): blud; vomit; cheap wine or mix of vodka with...

Definitions

  1. blud; vomit; cheap wine or mix of vodka with...

Ancestry of “bełt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBeltstrait
2Danishbælt—
3TranslingualBaltia—
4FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
5Finnishjaand; AND
6Proto-Finnicja—
7Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
8Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
9Proto-Germanic-hwe—
10Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
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