bączewie

Old Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from bąk?”) First attested in 1484.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /bɑ̃t͡ʃʲɛvjɛː/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /bɑ̃t͡ʃʲɛvje/

Noun

bączewie n

1. yellow waterlily (Nuphar lutea)
   • 1900 [1484], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎^[1], number 6217:

     Banczewye nenufar

     [Bączewie nenufar]

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “(bączywie) bączewie”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN