Etymology

Wolynetz

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Ukrainian Волинець ← Polish Wołyniec
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The story

  1. Polish · derived fromWołyń“Volhynia”
  2. Polish · borrowed fromWołyniec
  3. Ukrainian · derived fromВолинь“Volhynia”
  4. Ukrainian · borrowed fromВолинець
  5. English todayWolynetz

From Ukrainian Волинець (Volynecʹ), from Ukrainian Волинь (Volynʹ, “Volhynia”), or Polish Wołyniec, from Polish Wołyń (“Volhynia”), with the suffix *-ьcь.

Words from the same roots

UkrainianВолинець all →

VolynecVolynets

PolishWołyniec all →

Wolyniec

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.