Where does “kresba” come from?
kresba (Czech) comes from Czech kreslit, from Polish kreślić, from Polish -ić, from Old Polish -ić, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
kresba (Czech): drawing
Ancestry of “kresba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Czech | kreslit | to draw |
| 2 | Polish | kreślić | to draw; to handwrite; to describe |
| 3 | Polish | -ić | — |
| 4 | Old Polish | -ić | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |