English
Krzywicki
Krzywicki comes from Polish krzywy ‘crooked’, and goes back to Proto-Balto-Slavic *kreiwás.
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*kreiwás‘crooked, curved, wrong’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*krȋvъ‘crooked, bent’reconstructed
- Old Polishmodernkrzywy
- Polishmodernsame form‘crooked’
- Polish, derivedmodernKrzywicki
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*kreiwás‘crooked, curved, wrong’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*krȋvъ‘crooked, bent’reconstructed
- Old Polishmodernkrzywy
- Polishmodernsame form‘crooked’
- Polish, derivedmodernKrzywicki
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kreiwás
Today it means
name A surname from Polish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Balto-Slavic *kreiwás / Krzywicki