Romanian words from Polish
7 Romanian words with Polish in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages.
armată
It is borrowed from Italian armata, the noun use of the feminine participle of armare (“to arm”); DEX, MDA2, DER and Wiktionary give the Italian source. In DELR's view it may also be borrowed from…
armătură
The word came into Romanian in two layers. In the old sense “armour, weapons” it is borrowed from Polish armatura, with New Latin armatura as a learned model, DELR says, and in the old language…
castel
It is learned borrowed from Latin castellum (“fort, castle”), with borrowed from Italian castello as a second model, as DELR gives it. Ciorănescu, MDA2 and DEX give the Latin word, which Ciorănescu…
jaf
Its origin is disputed. DEX, DLRM and Wiktionary give it as borrowed from Polish żak, and MDA2 names both the Polish word and Hungarian zsák (“sack”). Tiktin also takes the old form jac from Polish…
jefui
It is formed from Romanian jaf + -ui, the verb of jaf (“plunder”). DA also considered a Ruthenian verb for “to plunder” as its source, and compared Hungarian zsákol (“to plunder”). The variants with…
milă
1. The word for pity is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic милъ (milŭ), feminine мила (mila), “worthy of pity”. Ciorănescu cites Miklosich, Cihac, Berneker and Tiktin for it. The Slavonic adjective…
ofițer
It is borrowed from Polish oficer, with Russian офицер (oficer) and French officier as further models: the three sources DEX gives. MDA2, Marcu and the DLR add German Offizier. Ciorănescu takes the…