Where does “ciemność” come from?
ciemność (Polish) comes from Old Polish ciemny, from Proto-Slavic tьmьnъ, from Proto-Slavic tьma, from Proto-Balto-Slavic timāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European tēmH-.
ciemność (Polish): dark
Ancestry of “ciemność”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Polish | ciemny | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | tьmьnъ | dark |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | tьma | dark, darkness |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | timāˀ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tēmH- | — |