Etymology

Opole

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Today it means: The capital and largest city of Opole Voivodeship, in the Silesia region of southern Poland. Full definition →

Polish Opole ← Old Polish Opole ← Proto-Slavic *pȍľe
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ebʰi
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavic*ab
  3. Proto-Slavic*o(b)
  4. Old Polisho
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
  8. Proto-Slavic*pȍľe
  9. Old Polishpole
  10. Old Polishopole
  11. Old PolishOpole
  12. PolishOpole
  13. English todayOpole

Borrowed from Polish Opole.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.