Where does “wuj” come from?

wuj (Polish) comes from Proto-Uralic ojwa — head.

wuj (Polish): maternal uncle, vernacularly uncle

Definitions

  1. maternal uncle, vernacularly uncle

Ancestry of “wuj”, step by step

wuj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Uralic ojwa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicojwahead

via Old Polish uj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishuj

Words derived from “wuj

Every word from Proto-Uralic ojwa