Etymograph

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Sosnowski

Sosnowski comes from Polish sosna ‘pine tree’, and goes back to Proto-Slavic *sosna.

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*sosna‘pine tree’reconstructed
  2. Old Polishmodernsosna
  3. Polishmodernsame form‘pine tree’
  4. Polish, derivedmodernSosnowski
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*sosna‘pine tree’reconstructed
  2. Old Polishmodernsosna
  3. Polishmodernsame form‘pine tree’
  4. Polish, derivedmodernSosnowski
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A surname from Polish.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *sosna / Sosnowski