Where does “dupowkręt” come from?
dupowkręt (Polish) comes from Polish wkręcać, from Polish -ać, from Old Polish -ć, from Old Polish ty, from Proto-Slavic ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
dupowkręt (Polish): person who, in order to gain someone's favor, says or does something that will please that person
Definitions
- person who, in order to gain someone's favor, says or does something that will please that person
Ancestry of “dupowkręt”, step by step
dupowkręt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish wkręcać
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | wkręcać | to screw in, such as a lightbult into a socket |
| 2 | Polish | -ać | forms imperfect and frequentative verb forms, causes both consonantal and vocalic sound changes within the stem |
| 3 | Old Polish | -ć | forms |
| 4 | Old Polish | ty | singular non-formal second person pronoun thou, you |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | ty | you |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tūˀ | you |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |