Where does “lustrzeń” come from?
lustrzeń (Polish) comes from Polish lustro, from Italian lustro, from Italian lustrare, from Latin lūstrō, from Latin lūstrum, from Old Latin loustrom, from Proto-Indo-European lewkstrom, from Proto-Indo-European lewk- — bright; to shine; to see.
lustrzeń (Polish): Farmed variety of common carp, with a grey-green, curved back, and a golden belly, with a row of large scales around the head and along the body, valued for culinary reasons
Definitions
- Farmed variety of common carp, with a grey-green, curved back, and a golden belly, with a row of large scales around the head and along the body, valued for culinary reasons
Ancestry of “lustrzeń”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | lustro | mirror |
| 2 | Italian | lustro | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Italian | lustrare | to polish, shine |
| 4 | Latin | lūstrō | to purify by means of a propitiatory sacrifice |
| 5 | Latin | lūstrum | bog, morass, place where boars and swine wallow |
| 6 | Old Latin | loustrom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewkstrom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |