Etymograph

English

Slovakia

Slovakia may come from Slovak Slováky ‘a man from Slovakia, a male Slovak’.

  1. SlovakmodernSlováky‘a man from Slovakia, a male Slovak’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2017Slovakia

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. SlovakmodernSlováky‘a man from Slovakia, a male Slovak’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2017Slovakia

Earliest quotation: 2017, Eliza Mackintosh, No more excuses on resettling refugees, European Commission : “Hungary, Austria and Poland are still refusing to participate…”

Formed from Slovak + -ia

Proto-Slavic *Slovǫta ‘the Dnieper’

Proto-Slavic *slověninъ ‘Slav’

Slovak Slovák

English Slovak

first attested First attested to in German in 1586, itself apparently derived from Slovak Slováky, equivalent to English Slovak + -ia (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested to in German in 1586, itself apparently derived from Slovak Slováky, equivalent to English Slovak + -ia.

Every English word from Slovak Slováky

Today it means

name A country in Central Europe. Official name: Slovak Republic. Capital and largest city: Bratislava.

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

Etymograph / Slovak Slováky / Slovakia

Shirt and support for this word