Where does “szumny” come from?

szumny (Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic *šumьnъ, from Proto-Slavic šumъ — noise.

szumny (Polish): grandiloquent, bombastic

Definitions

  1. grandiloquent, bombastic

Ancestry of “szumny”, step by step

szumny traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic *šumьnъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*šumьnъnoisy
2Proto-Slavicšumъnoise

via German schäumen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschäumento froth, to foam
2Middle High Germanschoumen

Words derived from “szumny

Every word from Proto-Slavic šumъEvery word from Proto-Slavic *šumьnъ