Where does “bezhołowie” come from?
bezhołowie (Polish) comes from Ukrainian безголов'я, from Ukrainian голова, from Ukrainian рі́зати, from Old East Slavic рѣзати, from Proto-Slavic rězati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rḗˀźtei, from Proto-Indo-European wreh₁ǵ-.
bezhołowie (Polish): chaos, mess, bedlam, disorder, lawlessness
Definitions
- chaos, mess, bedlam, disorder, lawlessness
Ancestry of “bezhołowie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ukrainian | безголов'я | — |
| 2 | Ukrainian | голова | head; chair, chairman, chairperson; chairman,... |
| 3 | Ukrainian | рі́зати | — |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | рѣзати | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | rězati | to cut, to slice; to crop, to shear; to trim |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *rḗˀźtei | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wreh₁ǵ- | — |