Where does “bałwański” come from?

bałwański (Old Polish) comes from Old Polish -ski, from Proto-Slavic -ьskъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

bałwański (Old Polish): idol, graven image

Definitions

  1. idol, graven image

Ancestry of “bałwański”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polish-skiforms adjectives
2Proto-Slavic-ьskъ-ic, -ish
3Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

Words derived from “bałwański”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьskъ →Every word from Old Polish -ski →