Where does “gryczak” come from?

gryczak (Polish) comes from Polish gryka — any plant of the genus Fagopyrum; buckwheat.

gryczak (Polish): awkward stocking made of thick wool

Definitions

  1. awkward stocking made of thick wool

Ancestry of “gryczak”, step by step

gryczak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish gryka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishgrykaany plant of the genus Fagopyrum; buckwheat

via Polish gryczać

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishgryczaćto do menial work sloppily
Every word from Polish gryka