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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish węgieł, from Proto-Slavic *ǫgъlъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ángulas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngulos, from *h₂eng- (“corner”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛŋɡjɛw
- Syllabification: wę‧gieł
Noun
węgieł m inan
- corner, quoin
- Synonym: narożnik
Declension
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Further reading
- węgieł in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- węgieł in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Aleksander Saloni (1899) “węgieł”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 247)