Where does “polack” come from?

polack (Swedish) comes from German Polack, from Polish polak, from Polish pole, from Old Polish pole, from Proto-Slavic pȍľe, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

polack (Swedish): Pole; person, chiefly male, from Poland

Definitions

  1. Pole; person, chiefly male, from Poland

Ancestry of “polack”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPolack—
2PolishpolakPolish language
3Polishpolefield; outside; area
4Old Polishpolefield
5Proto-Slavicpȍľefield
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “polack”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Slavic pȍľe →Every word from Old Polish pole →
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