ożanka

See also: ožanka and ożanką

Polish

ożanka

Etymology

From Medieval Latin osanna +‎ -ka, from Ancient Greek ὡσαννά (hōsanná) due to replacement plants used on Palm Sunday.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈʐan.ka/
• Rhymes: -anka
• Syllabification: o‧żan‧ka

Noun

ożanka f

1. germander (any plant of the genus Teucrium)

Declension

Declension of ożanka

	singular	plural
nominative	ożanka	ożanki
genitive	ożanki	ożanek
dative	ożance	ożankom
accusative	ożankę	ożanki
instrumental	ożanką	ożankami
locative	ożance	ożankach
vocative	ożanko	ożanki

Further reading

• ożanka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Newerkla, Stefan Michael (2011) Sprachkontakte Deutsch – Tschechisch – Slowakisch: Wörterbuch der deutschen Lehnwörter im Tschechischen und Slowakischen: historische Entwicklung, Beleglage, bisherige und neue Deutungen (Schriften über Sprachen und Texte; 7) (in German), 2nd edition, Frankfurt: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 286, says it is from an Early New High German Osanne, which would be from Middle French, but the German and French plant names are rather hard to find, and hardly mean germander either, in French most often box, and ilex, laurel and myrtle were also used for the same purpose. About the Old French: Rheinfelder, Hans (1933) Kultsprache und Profansprache in den romanischen Ländern: Sprachgeschichtliche Studien, besonders zum Wortschatz des Französischen und des Italienischen (in German), Hildesheim, Zürich, New York: Georg Olms Verlag, published 1982, →ISBN, page 324 seqq..