Etymology

Olsztyn

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Today it means: The capital and largest city of Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northeastern Poland. Full definition →

Polish Olsztyn ← German Allenstein
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The story

  1. German · derived fromAllenstein
  2. Polish · borrowed fromOlsztyn
  3. English todayOlsztyn

Borrowed from Polish Olsztyn, from German Allenstein.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.