siewier

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěverъ, likely under the influence of the Czech cognate. The expected form *siewiór is not attested outside of onomastics. Cognates include Upper Sorbian sowjer, Czech sever, Slovak sever, Russian север (sever), Slovene sever. Displaced by Polish północ, originally meaning "midnight".

Noun

siewier m inan

north (cardinal direction)

Derived terms

(adjective) siewierny

Further reading

M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Siewier on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource ^pl

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