Where does “žárlivost” come from?
žárlivost (Czech) comes from Czech žárlivý, from Czech žárlit, from Polish żarliwy, from Polish -liwy, from Polish -iwy, from Proto-Slavic -ivъ, from Proto-Slavic -vъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-was — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
žárlivost (Czech): jealousy
Ancestry of “žárlivost”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Czech | žárlivý | jealous |
| 2 | Czech | žárlit | to feel jealousy |
| 3 | Polish | żarliwy | — |
| 4 | Polish | -liwy | — |
| 5 | Polish | -iwy | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -ivъ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | -vъ | From thematic declension of u-stem... |
| 8 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *-was | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |