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Where does “Polonyalı” come from?

Polonyalı (Turkish) comes from Turkish Polonya, from Medieval Latin Polonia, from Polish Polanie, from Proto-Slavic poľane, from Proto-Slavic poľe, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

Ancestry of “Polonyalı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishPolonyaPoland
2Medieval LatinPoloniaPoland
3PolishPolaniePoles; field-dwellers
4Proto-Slavicpoľane—
5Proto-Slavicpoľefield
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →