Where does “świerszcz” come from?

świerszcz (Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic svьrčь, from Proto-Slavic -ъ, from Proto-Indo-European -om, from Proto-Indo-European -o-.

świerszcz (Polish): cricket

Definitions

  1. cricket

Ancestry of “świerszcz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsvьrčьcricket
2Proto-Slavic-ъ*poteťi → *potokъ; *teťi → *tokъ; *gňiti →...
3Proto-Indo-European-omemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
4Proto-Indo-European-o-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -o- →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic svьrčь →