Etymograph

English

korzec

Korzec comes from Polish korzec ‘a dry measure’, from Proto-Slavic *korà ‘bark’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-1‘to cut off, sever’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kor-eh₂1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*karā́ˀ1reconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*korà1‘bark’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*korьcь1‘a thing made of bark for measure’reconstructed
  6. Polishmodernkorzec2‘a dry measure’
  7. Englishtodaykorzec2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Polish korzec
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English korzec

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-Wiktionary, Polish korzec‘to cut off, sever’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kor-eh₂Wiktionary, Polish korzecreconstructed
  3. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*karā́ˀWiktionary, Polish korzecreconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*koràWiktionary, Polish korzec‘bark’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*korьcьWiktionary, Polish korzec‘a thing made of bark for measure’reconstructed
  6. PolishmodernkorzecWiktionary, English korzec‘a dry measure’
  7. EnglishtodaykorzecWiktionary, English korzec

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’

across, share, short, card, cross, cancer, screen, shirt, score, circle, circuit, crucial, curve, scare, circus, circulation, skirt, carnival, curb, scar, cancellation, scrutiny, shrine, crest, circa, shear, incarceration, shred, carnage, coronary, raffle, corona, circulate, scorpion, carcinoma, shrewd, crux, shard, carnal, cirque, 118 more

Today it means

noun An old Polish dry measure, a bushel: in the early 19th century, it was 128 litres in Warsaw and 501.116 litres in Kraków.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “korzec”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Polish korzec. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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