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Where does “pliszka” come from?

pliszka (Polish) comes from Old Polish pliska, from Proto-Slavic *pliska.

pliszka (Polish): wagtail

Definitions

  1. wagtail

Ancestry of “pliszka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishpliska—
2Proto-Slavic*pliska—

Words derived from “pliszka”

  • Pliś
Every word from Proto-Slavic *pliska →