Where does “żabiściek” come from?

żabiściek (Polish) comes from Polish ściek, from Polish ściekać, 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.

żabiściek (Polish): frogbit

Definitions

  1. frogbit

Ancestry of “żabiściek”, step by step

żabiściek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish ściek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishściekgutter
2Polishściekaćto trickle out, to drain slowly
3Polish-aćforms imperfect and frequentative verb forms, causes both consonantal and vocalic sound changes within the stem
4Old Polish-ćforms
5Old Polishtysingular non-formal second person pronoun thou, you
6Proto-Slavictyyou
7Proto-Balto-Slavictūˀyou
8Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

via Polish Żaba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishŻabafrog, especially any true frog or ranid
2Ukrainianжабаfrog; quinsy, tonsillitis
3Proto-Slavicžabafrog, toad
4Proto-Slavicžěbachaffinch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Polish -ać →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tūˀ →