Where does “bocianowa” come from?

bocianowa (Polish) comes from Polish -owa, from Old Polish -owy, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.

bocianowa (Polish): stork's wife

Definitions

  1. stork's wife

Ancestry of “bocianowa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-owaFeminization suffix used to form a female surname...
2Old Polish-owyappended to nouns to form adjectives; -y
3Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Old Polish -owy →Every word from Polish -owa →