Where does “ścierniwo” come from?
ścierniwo (Polish) comes from Polish ścierny, from Polish ścierać, from Polish -ać, from Old Polish -ć, from Old Polish ty, from Proto-Slavic ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
ścierniwo (Polish): abrasive
Definitions
- abrasive
Ancestry of “ścierniwo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | ścierny | abrasive |
| 2 | Polish | ścierać | to wipe off, to rub off |
| 3 | Polish | -ać | forms imperfect and frequentative verb forms, causes both consonantal and vocalic sound changes within the stem |
| 4 | Old Polish | -ć | forms |
| 5 | Old Polish | ty | singular non-formal second person pronoun thou, you |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | ty | you |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tūˀ | you |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |