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So I take it that the word "partner" came into the Polish language from English because there was no counterpart to it. - it's a non Polish concept. Interesting when that happens. Funniest imported word I found in Polish is seks apil - though I didn't know what it was until I sounded it out!
Polish "seksapil" is a single word. For me the funniest "loanword" is "wihajster". It's of German origin.
My mom used the word wihajster when she couldn't think of the real word to use - but I gather the German word means screwdriver!
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Yup, it's just rendered according to rules of Polish orthography/phonology:
"Wie heißt er" -> "Wi hajst er" -> "wihajster". ;)
May 'this young man' be a possible translation? I remember an old Polish film, where soldiers were calling their group as 'Chłopaki' only. I understand that Duo usually needs a literal translation, but the context of 'partner' made me choose 'young man', and now I wonder how much of a mistake it was.
