Etymology Explorer › Polish

Where does “dech” come from?

dech (Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic dъxъ, from Proto-Slavic dyxъ — whiff, sniff.

dech (Polish): breath; gust , breeze

Definitions

  1. breath; gust , breeze

Ancestry of “dech”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdъxъbreath; whiff
2Proto-Slavicdyxъwhiff, sniff

Words derived from “dech”

  • wdech
  • wydech
Every word from Proto-Slavic dyxъ →