Where does “suka” come from?

suka (Polish) comes from Old Polish sukać, from Proto-Slavic sukati — to twist.

suka (Polish): bitch; police van

Definitions

  1. bitch; police van

Ancestry of “suka”, step by step

suka traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Polish sukać

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishsukaćto twist, strand
2Proto-Slavicsukatito twist

via Proto-Slavic suka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsukabitch
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

via Old Polish *suka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polish*sukabitch

Words derived from “suka”

Every word from Proto-Slavic sukati →