polonistka

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin Polōnia

Latin -icus

Latin polonicus

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Polish -ista

Polish polonista

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Old Polish -ka

Polish -ka

Polish polonistka

From polonista + -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.lɔˈɲist.ka/

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• Rhymes: -istka
• Syllabification: po‧lo‧nist‧ka

Noun

polonistka f (male equivalent polonista)

1. female equivalent of polonista (“Polish teacher”)

Declension

Declension of polonistka

	singular	plural
nominative	polonistka	polonistki
genitive	polonistki	polonistek
dative	polonistce	polonistkom
accusative	polonistkę	polonistki
instrumental	polonistką	polonistkami
locative	polonistce	polonistkach
vocative	polonistko	polonistki

Further reading

• “polonistka”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “polonistka”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)