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Where does “ciągłość” come from?

ciągłość (Polish) comes from Polish ciągły, from Polish ciągnąć, from Proto-Slavic tęgnǫti, from Proto-Indo-European tengʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

ciągłość (Polish): continuity

Definitions

  1. continuity

Ancestry of “ciągłość”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishciągłypersistent, repeated; continuous, unbroken;...
2Polishciągnąćto pull; to drag, to draw, to haul; to give a...
3Proto-Slavictęgnǫtito pull
4Proto-Indo-Europeantengʰ-to pull; to be heavy, difficult
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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