Where does “galicyják” come from?

galicyják (Polish) comes from Polish Galicja, from Latin Gallicia, from Old East Slavic Галичь, from Proto-Slavic galica — Alternative form of *galъka.

galicyják (Polish): white potato

Definitions

  1. white potato

Ancestry of “galicyják”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishGalicja—
2LatinGallicia—
3Old East SlavicГаличьHalych, a town in Ukraine
4Proto-SlavicgalicaAlternative form of *galъka
Every word from Proto-Slavic galica →Every word from Old East Slavic Галичь →Every word from Latin Gallicia →
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