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

  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.kiŋk/
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  • Rhymes: -ikiŋk
  • Syllabification: wi‧king

Noun edit

wiking m pers

  1. (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

Derived terms edit

adjective

Further reading edit

  • wiking in Polish dictionaries at PWN