Where does “burczymucha” come from?

burczymucha (Polish) comes from Polish Mucha, from Proto-Slavic mùxa — fly.

burczymucha (Polish): grump, curmudgeon

Definitions

  1. grump, curmudgeon

Ancestry of “burczymucha”, step by step

burczymucha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish Mucha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishMuchafly
2Proto-Slavicmùxafly

via Polish burczeć

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishburczećto mutter, to grumble, to say something with a...
2Proto-Slavic*burčati—
Every word from Proto-Slavic mùxa →Every word from Polish Mucha →
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