Where does “bumelanctwo” come from?
bumelanctwo (Polish) comes from Polish bumelant, from German Bummelant, from German -ant, from Middle High German -ant, from Old French -ant, from Latin -āns, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts — sound, voice.
bumelanctwo (Polish): shirking, laziness
Definitions
- shirking, laziness
Ancestry of “bumelanctwo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | bumelant | shirker, layabout |
| 2 | German | Bummelant | slacker |
| 3 | German | -ant | Forms agent nouns, mostly from verbs of Romance or Latin origin |
| 4 | Middle High German | -ant | — |
| 5 | Old French | -ant | used to form the present participle of verbs |
| 6 | Latin | -āns | Ending of the present active participle of first conjugation verbs; see -ns |
| 7 | Latin | -ns | -ing; ending of the present active participle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 9 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 12 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 13 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 14 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |