Where does “czarnowidztwo” come from?
czarnowidztwo (Polish) comes from Polish czarnowidz, from German schwarzseher, from German schwarzsehen, from German sehen, from Middle High German sehen, from Old High German sehan, from Proto-West Germanic sehwan, from Proto-Germanic sehwaną — to follow; to see; to say.
czarnowidztwo (Polish): extreme pessimism
Definitions
- extreme pessimism
Ancestry of “czarnowidztwo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | czarnowidz | pessimist |
| 2 | German | schwarzseher | pessimist |
| 3 | German | schwarzsehen | to be pessimistic; to watch television without... |
| 4 | German | sehen | to see; to have sight |
| 5 | Middle High German | sehen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | sehan | to see, to look |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | sehwan | to see |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sehwaną | to see |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |