Where does “cudak” come from?

cudak (Polish) comes from Polish cud, from Proto-Slavic čudo, from Proto-Slavic -išče, from Proto-Slavic isk-je.

cudak (Polish): oddball, weirdo, loony

Definitions

  1. oddball, weirdo, loony

Ancestry of “cudak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishcudmiracle
2Proto-Slavicčudomiracle, wonder
3Proto-Slavic-iščeDenominal, denoting places or spaces; Denominal,...
4Proto-Slavicisk-je—

Words derived from “cudak”

Every word from Proto-Slavic isk-je →Every word from Proto-Slavic -išče →Every word from Proto-Slavic čudo →
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