Where does “bezgłowy” come from?
bezgłowy (Polish) comes from Polish -y, from Old Polish -y, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.
bezgłowy (Polish): headless
Ancestry of “bezgłowy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | -y | nominative plural ending of some masculine nouns;... |
| 2 | Old Polish | -y | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | jь | this; he |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | iś | — |
| 5 | Old Polish | ić | to go |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | jьti | to go |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | eitei | to go |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |