Where does “czerwienieć” come from?

czerwienieć (Polish) comes from Polish czerwień, from Polish Czerw, from Old Polish czyrw, from Proto-Slavic čьrvь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kírmis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis — worm.

czerwienieć (Polish): to redden

Definitions

  1. to redden

Ancestry of “czerwienieć”, step by step

czerwienieć traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish czerwień

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishczerwieńred
2PolishCzerwlarva of certain hymenopterans, dipterans, and beetles, e.g. a maggot or woodworm
3Old Polishczyrwworm
4Proto-Slavicčьrvьworm, larva
5Proto-Balto-Slavickírmisworm
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷŕ̥misworm

via Polish Czerwony

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishCzerwonyred
2Old Polishczerwonyred
3Proto-Slavicčьrvenъred

Words derived from “czerwienieć”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic kírmis →Every word from Proto-Slavic čьrvь →