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Where does “walec” come from?

walec (Polish) comes from German Walze, from Old High German walza, from Proto-Germanic *waltō.

walec (Polish): cylinder; road roller, steamroller

Definitions

  1. cylinder; road roller, steamroller

Ancestry of “walec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWalzeroll, cylinder
2Old High Germanwalza—
3Proto-Germanic*waltō—
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