English
Warsaw
Warsaw comes from Old Polish Warszewa.
- Old PolishmodernWarszewa
- Englishearliest quotation 2023Warsaw
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old PolishmodernWarszewa
- Englishearliest quotation 2023Warsaw
Earliest quotation: 2023, Lianne Kolirin: “Established by the Germans in October 1940, the Warsaw…”
The story
Proto-Balto-Slavic *wiśis
Every English word from Old Polish Warszewa
Today it means
name The capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian Voivodeship.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Polish Warszewa / Warsaw