Where does “chłopiec” come from?

chłopiec (Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic xolpъ — bondman, serf, peasant.

chłopiec (Polish): boy

Definitions

  1. boy

Ancestry of “chłopiec”, step by step

chłopiec traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic xolpъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicxolpъbondman, serf, peasant

via Old Polish chłopiec

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishchłopiecboy

Words derived from “chłopiec

Every word from Proto-Slavic xolpъ