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Polka
Polka comes from Polish Polka ‘Polish woman’, from Polak ‘Pole’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-‘flat’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*pȍľe‘field’reconstructed
- PolishmodernPolak‘Pole’
- Polish, derivedmodernPolka‘Polish woman’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-‘flat’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*pȍľe‘field’reconstructed
- PolishmodernPolak‘Pole’
- Polish, derivedmodernPolka‘Polish woman’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’
field, floor, explain, plane, explanation, plain, palm, clan, archipelago, explanatory, playa, fluke, placenta, planar, parma, palatine, esplanade, flounder, placate, plantar, implacable, pelagic, lech, flay, veld, llano, floe, planta, purdah, polonium, 49 more
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- / Polka