Where does “dziwactwo” come from?

dziwactwo (Polish) comes from Polish dziwak, from Polish -ak, from Old Polish -ak, from Proto-Slavic -akъ — Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...

dziwactwo (Polish): quirk, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy

Definitions

  1. quirk, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy

Ancestry of “dziwactwo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishdziwakweirdo, eccentric, kook
2Polish-akused to form demonyms; used to form various...
3Old Polish-akused to form nouns
4Proto-Slavic-akъDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -akъ →Every word from Polish -ak →Every word from Polish dziwak →