rzeczownik (noun) // Right, Recht?

Just wondering: could thi rzecz root be the same as the German/ Dutch recht?

I doubt it... I'm not an etymologist but off the top of my head rzecz (thing) is probably related to a slavic root meaning speech or word (as in rzecznik - spokesperson) or rzec (say [archaic])

that seems to be born out here

pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/rzec#pl

the 'related expressions has a link to..

pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/rzec#pl

It is indeed.


Closer in meaning to the German Sache, meaning a thing to be talked about. Not unlike the Latin word causa.

Indeed, an alternative term in German is "DINGwort", literally "THING word" for "noun".

Both possibly of the same PIE root? But the Polsh rzecz seems to be of another root.

Also in other languages such as Dutch "zaak", Danish "sag" or Swedish "sak":-)

I wonder if it has any cognates in the Germanic languages....

loaf and chleb are apparently cognates so.... who knows?

In German, "Laib" is the cognate/calque of "loaf":-)