Where does “Pólska” come from?

Pólska (Upper Sorbian) comes from Polish polska, from Old Polish Polska, from Proto-Slavic poľe, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

Ancestry of “Pólska”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpolskafeminine nominative/vocative singular of polski
2Old PolishPolskaPoland
3Proto-Slavicpoľefield
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “Pólska

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂-Every word from Proto-Slavic poľeEvery word from Old Polish Polska
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