Żyd
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish Żyd, from Old Czech Žid, from West South Slavic *Židъ, from early South Slavic *Žydъ, from Romance *Ǯūdēus, from Latin iūdaeus,[1] from Ancient Greek Ῐ̓ουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (Yəhūḏā(h)).
For similar religious borrowings, compare Rzym (“Rome”), krzyż (“cross”).
Declension
References
- Šekli, Matej (2015), “Old Romance place names in early South Slavic and late Proto-Slavic sound changes”, in Linguistica (in English), volume 55(1), page 106
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