Where does “dziecię” come from?

dziecię (Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic dětę, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

dziecię (Polish): child

Definitions

  1. child

Ancestry of “dziecię”, step by step

dziecię traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic dětę

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdětęchild
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Proto-Slavic *dě̄tę̀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*dě̄tę̀child

Words derived from “dziecię”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Slavic dětę →