English
Zając
Zając comes from Polish zając ‘hare’, and goes back to Proto-Slavic *zajęcь.
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*zajęcь‘rabbit, hare’reconstructed
- Old Polishmodernzając
- Polishmodernsame form‘hare’
- EnglishtodayZając
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*zajęcь‘rabbit, hare’reconstructed
- Old Polishmodernzając
- Polishmodernsame form‘hare’
- EnglishtodayZając
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- ‘to drive’
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Today it means
name A surname from Polish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *zajęcь / Zając