Where does “kurzawa” come from?

kurzawa (Polish) comes from Polish kurz, from Polish kurzyć, from Proto-Slavic kuriti — to smoke.

kurzawa (Polish): clouds of airborne dust or snow; dust, a layer of...

Definitions

  1. clouds of airborne dust or snow; dust, a layer of...

Ancestry of “kurzawa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishkurzdust; second-person singular imperative of kurzyć
2Polishkurzyćto raise dust; to smoke
3Proto-Slavickuritito smoke
Every word from Proto-Slavic kuriti →Every word from Polish kurzyć →Every word from Polish kurz →