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Polish word WONT - as in "go away"


f stop  24 | 2493  
12 Nov 2013 /  #1
Is it really a Polish word? It was used by my father's family, and I was wondering what is its etymology.
Paulina  16 | 4354  
12 Nov 2013 /  #2
It's "Won!", without "t" at the end.

Is it really a Polish word

Now it is - it's a loandword from Russian language - rusycyzm (Russianism, Russism, or Russicism).
You can also say "Paszoł won!" Without those loanwords it would be "Precz!" and "Poszedł precz!"
OP f stop  24 | 2493  
12 Nov 2013 /  #3
I found it!
It's "won" not "wont".

Edit - thanks, Paulina, I was so busy looking, I didn't see your reply. Russian source, that's helpful, too.
Wulkan  - | 3136  
12 Nov 2013 /  #4
Your father's family is probably from eastern Poland
peterweg  37 | 2305  
12 Nov 2013 /  #5
Used in Krakow by my family.
OP f stop  24 | 2493  
12 Nov 2013 /  #6
Your father's family is probably from eastern Poland

Yes, my father's family got the hell out of Wołyń between WWI and WWII. They moved to outskirts of Warsaw.

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