Where does “pancerzyk” come from?

pancerzyk (Polish) comes from Polish pancerz, from Middle High German panzier, from Old French pancier, from French panse, from Old French pance, from Latin pantex — belly, paunch, guts.

Ancestry of “pancerzyk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpancerzarmour
2Middle High Germanpanzier
3Old Frenchpancierarmor
4Frenchpansebelly; first-person singular present indicative...
5Old Frenchpancestomach; belly
6Latinpantexbelly, paunch, guts
Every word from Latin pantex