Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

From osieł +‎ -o- +‎ człowiek. Compare Latin onocentaurus and Ancient Greek ὀνοκένταυρος (onokéntauros). First attested in the fifteenth century.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɔsɫɔt͡ʃʲɫɔvjɛk/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɔsɫɔt͡ʃʲɫɔvjɛk/

Noun edit

osłoczłowiek m ?

  1. onocentaur
    • 1885 [Fifteenth century], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne[1], volume V, page 10:
      Oszloczlowyek onocentaurus (et occurent daemonia onocentauris et pilosus clamabit alter ad alterum Is 34, 14)
      [Osłoczłowiek onocentaurus (et occurent daemonia onocentauris et pilosus clamabit alter ad alterum Is 34, 14)]

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