Where does “bałwański” come from?

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

bałwański (Polish): blockheaded

Definitions

  1. blockheaded

Ancestry of “bałwański”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishbałwańskiidol, graven image
2Old Polish-skiforms adjectives
3Proto-Slavic-ьskъ-ic, -ish
4Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьskъ →Every word from Old Polish -ski →
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