Where does “וואָלין” come from?

וואָלין (Yiddish) comes from Russian Волы́нь.

Ancestry of “וואָלין”, step by step

וואָלין traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian Волы́нь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianВолы́нь—

via Ukrainian Воли́нь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UkrainianВоли́нь—

via Polish Wołyń

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishWołyńVolhynia massacre
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