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Where does “czarnawy” come from?

czarnawy (Polish) comes from Polish -awy, from Polish szpat, from German spät, from Middle High German spǣte, from Old High German spāti, from Proto-West Germanic *spādī, from Proto-Germanic spēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-tí-s — to succeed, to prosper.

czarnawy (Polish): blackish

Definitions

  1. blackish

Ancestry of “czarnawy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-awy-ish; -ous
2Polishszpat—
3Germanspätlate
4Middle High Germanspǣte—
5Old High Germanspāti—
6Proto-West Germanic*spādī—
7Proto-Germanicspēdizlate
8Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-tí-s—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper
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