Where does “paczka” come from?

paczka (Polish) comes from Polish paka, from German pack, from Low German pack, from Middle Low German pak, from Old Saxon pakko.

paczka (Polish): package, parcel; bunch; package

Definitions

  1. package, parcel; bunch; package

Ancestry of “paczka”, step by step

paczka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish paka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpakaslammer
2Germanpackpackage, bundle, bunch, (unwieldy) bag
3Low Germanpack—
4Middle Low Germanpak—
5Old Saxonpakko—

via Slovincian paka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slovincianpakabundle, pack, packet, batch, sheaf, package, parcel

Words derived from “paczka”

Every word from Old Saxon pakko →Every word from Middle Low German pak →Every word from Low German pack →