Where does “cieśnić” come from?

cieśnić (Polish) comes from Polish -ić, from Old Polish -ić, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

cieśnić (Polish): to make narrow, to confine to a smaller space

Definitions

  1. to make narrow, to confine to a smaller space

Ancestry of “cieśnić”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-ićforms causative verbs
2Old Polish-ićforms verbs
3Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Polish -ić →