Where does “drożyna” come from?

drożyna (Polish) comes from Polish droga, from Old Polish droga, from Proto-Slavic dorga, from Proto-Indo-European derHgʰ- — to tug, to stretch; to pluck.

drożyna (Polish): narrow path

Definitions

  1. narrow path

Ancestry of “drożyna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishdrogaway; road; feminine nominative/vocative singular...
2Old Polishdrogaroad, way; path
3Proto-Slavicdorgapath, road; way
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanderHgʰ-to tug, to stretch; to pluck
Every word from Proto-Indo-European derHgʰ- →