wiking

wiking

Polish

Etymology

From Old Norse víkingr (“bay's dweller”), from Proto-Germanic *wīkingaz. Doublet of wiciądz (“hero, warrior”) and witeź (“hero, valiant knight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.kiŋk/

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• Rhymes: -ikiŋk
• Syllabification: wi‧king

Noun

wiking m pers

1. (historical) Viking (one of the Scandinavian or other Northern European seafaring warriors that raided (and then settled) the British Isles and other parts of Europe in the 8^th to the 11^th centuries and, according to many historians, were the first Europeans to reach North America)

   Hypernym: wojownik

Declension

Declension of wiking

	singular	plural
nominative	wiking	wikingowie
genitive	wikinga	wikingów
dative	wikingowi	wikingom
accusative	wikinga	wikingów
instrumental	wikingiem	wikingami
locative	wikingu	wikingach
vocative	wikingu	wikingowie

Derived terms

adjective

• wikiński

 

Further reading

• wiking in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wiking in Polish dictionaries at PWN