Where does “piorun” come from?
piorun (Polish) comes from Old East Slavic Перунъ, from Proto-Slavic perunъ, from Proto-Indo-European perkunos, from Proto-Indo-European perkʷ- — oak.
piorun (Polish): lightning
Ancestry of “piorun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old East Slavic | Перунъ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | perunъ | thunder, lightning |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | perkunos | the thunder god |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | perkʷ- | oak |
Words derived from “piorun”