Where does “dzień” come from?

dzień (Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic dь̑nь — day.

dzień (Polish): day; daytime

Definitions

  1. day; daytime

Ancestry of “dzień”, step by step

dzień traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic dь̑nь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdь̑nьday

via Old Polish dzienia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishdzienia

Words derived from “dzień

Every word from Proto-Slavic dь̑nь