Where does “dorosłość” come from?
dorosłość (Polish) comes from Polish dorosły, from Polish dorosnąć, from Polish rosnąć, from Serbo-Croatian -nac, from Czech co, from Old Czech čso, from Proto-Slavic česo, from Proto-Slavic čь — interrogative base.
dorosłość (Polish): adulthood
Ancestry of “dorosłość”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | dorosły | adult; third-person plural nonvirile past of... |
| 2 | Polish | dorosnąć | — |
| 3 | Polish | rosnąć | — |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | -nac | — |
| 5 | Czech | co | what; that; isn't it so, don't you think? |
| 6 | Old Czech | čso | — |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | česo | — |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | čь | what; alternative form of *čьto |
| 9 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ki | what |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷíd | neuter nominative/accusative singular of *kʷís |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷís | who, what; who, which, that; which, what |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷi- | interrogative base |