Etymology

Hornyak

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Ukrainian Горняк ← Hungarian Hornyák ← Czech Horňák
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The story

  1. Slovak · derived fromHorňák
  2. Czech · derived fromHorňák
  3. Hungarian · borrowed fromHornyák
  4. Ukrainian · borrowed fromГорняк
  5. English todayHornyak

From Ukrainian Горняк (Hornjak) or Hungarian Hornyák, ultimately from a Slavic language, e.g. Czech Horňák, from horňák, or Slovak Horňák.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.