białystok
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The capital and largest city of Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland; largest city in northeastern Poland.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Slavic *bě̃lъ Old Polish biały Polish biały Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰsder. Proto-Balto-Slavic *iź Proto-Slavic *jьz Proto-Slavic *jьz- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Balto-Slavic *san? Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm? Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) Old Polish z- Old Polish s- Polish s- Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *tokʷ-éye-ti Proto-Balto-Slavic *takeitei Proto-Slavic *točiti Old Polish toczyć Polish toczyć Polish stoczyćdeverb. Polish stok univ. Polish Białystokubor. English Białystok Unadapted borrowing from Polish Białystok.