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Where does “watykański” come from?

watykański (Polish) comes from Polish -ski, from Old Polish -ski, from Proto-Slavic -ьskъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

watykański (Polish): Vatican

Definitions

  1. Vatican

Ancestry of “watykański”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-skiforms surnames; forms adjectives
2Old Polish-ski—
3Proto-Slavic-ьskъ-ic, -ish
4Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to
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