Etymology

Ratay

R1A1T1A1Y4

Today it means: A surname Full definition →

Polish Rataj ← Czech Rataj ← Slovak Rataj
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The story

  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*ortajь
  2. Ukrainian · borrowed fromратай
  3. Lower Sorbian · borrowed fromrataj
  4. Slovene · borrowed fromRataj
  5. Slovak · borrowed fromRataj
  6. Czech · borrowed fromRataj
  7. Polish · borrowed fromRataj
  8. English todayRatay

From Polish Rataj, Czech Rataj, Slovak Rataj, Slovene Rataj, Lower Sorbian rataj, Ukrainian ратай (rataj), and cognates in other Slavic languages. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *ortajь.

Words from the same roots

Lower Sorbianrataj all →

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