wiking
Polish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse víkingr (“bay's dweller”), from Proto-Germanic *wīkingaz. Doublet of wiciądz (“hero, warrior”) and witeź (“hero, valiant knight”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wiking m pers
- (historical) Viking (one of the Scandinavian or other Northern European seafaring warriors that raided (and then settled) the British Isles and other parts of Europe in the 8th to the 11th centuries and, according to many historians, were the first Europeans to reach North America)
- Hypernym: wojownik
Declension edit
Declension of wiking
Derived terms edit
adjective
Further reading edit
- wiking in Polish dictionaries at PWN