List of English words of Polish origin
- List of English words of Polish origin
This is a list English words of Polish origin, that is words used in the English language that were borrowed or derived, either directly or indirectly, from Polish. Several Polish words have entered English slang via Yiddish, brought by Ashkenazi Jews migrating from Poland to North America. Other English words were indirectly derived from Polish via Russian or West European languages, such as French, German or Dutch. The Polish words themselves often come from other languages, such as German or Turkish. Borrowings from Polish tend to be mostly words referring to staples of Polish cuisine, names of Polish folk dances or specialist, e.g. horse-related, terminology. Among the words of Polish origin there are several words that derive from Polish geographic names and ethnonyms, including the name "Polska", "Poland", itself.
Derived from common words
Derived from geographic names and ethnonyms
References
* AHD, cite web
title = The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
publisher = Boston: Houghton Mifflin; New York: Battleby.com
year = 2000
url = http://www.bartleby.com/61/
accessdate = 2008-01-28
* EB-1911, cite web
title = The Wikisource 1911 encyclopedia project
publisher = Wikisource
url = http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclopædia_Britannica
accessdate = 2008-01-28
* OED, cite web
last = Herper
first = Douglas
title = Online Etymology Dictionary
month = November | year = 2001
url = http://www.etymonline.com/
accessdate = 2008-01-28
* MW, cite web
title = Merriam-Webster Online
publisher = Merriam-Webster
url = http://m-w.com/
accessdate = 2008-01-28
* SWO, cite web
title = Słownik wyrazów obcych
publisher = Polish Scientific Publishers PWN
year = 1995
url = http://swo.pwn.pl/
accessdate = 2008-01-28
See also
* List of English words of German origin
* List of English words of Russian origin
* List of English words of Turkish origin
* List of English words of Yiddish origin
* Lists of English words of international origin
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