Etymograph

English

Goral

Goral comes from Polish góral ‘any person inhabiting mountainous or hilly…’, and goes back to Proto-Slavic *goraľь.

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*goraľь‘mountain dweller’reconstructed
  2. Polishmoderngóral‘any person inhabiting mountainous or hilly terrain’
  3. EnglishtodayGoral

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*goraľь‘mountain dweller’reconstructed
  2. Polishmoderngóral‘any person inhabiting mountainous or hilly terrain’
  3. EnglishtodayGoral

Another origin of Goral

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*goraľь‘mountain dweller’reconstructed
  2. Polishmoderngóral‘any person inhabiting mountainous or hilly terrain’
  3. Polish, derivedmodernGoral
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun A member of an ethnographic or ethnic group traditionally found in southern Poland, northern Slovakia, and the region of Cieszyn Silesia in the Czech Republic.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *goraľь / Goral