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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Schinken, from Middle High German schinke, from Old High German scinco, from Proto-West Germanic *skinkō, from Proto-Germanic *skinkô, *skinkō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng-. Compare German Schinken, Swedish skinka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʂɨŋ.ka/
- Rhymes: -ɨŋka
- Syllabification: szyn‧ka
Noun
szynka f (diminutive szyneczka)
- ham (thigh of a hog cured for food)
Declension
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Further reading
- szynka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- szynka in Polish dictionaries at PWN