Etymology

Zawada

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Today it means: A surname from Polish. Full definition →

Polish Zawada ← Old Polish zawada ← Proto-Slavic *zavada
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰō
  3. Proto-Balto-Slavic*źō
  4. Proto-Slavic*za
  5. Proto-Slavic*vaditi
  6. Proto-Slavic*zavaditi
  7. Proto-Slavic*zavada
  8. Old Polishzawada
  9. Polishzawada
  10. PolishZawada
  11. English todayZawada

Borrowed from Polish Zawada.

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