Where does “elektrowstrząs” come from?
elektrowstrząs (Polish) comes from Polish wstrząs, from Polish wstrząsać, 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.
elektrowstrząs (Polish): electroshock, electric shock
Definitions
- electroshock, electric shock
Ancestry of “elektrowstrząs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | wstrząs | shock, impact |
| 2 | Polish | wstrząsać | to rock, to shake, to rattle |
| 3 | Polish | -ać | forms imperfect and frequentative verb forms, causes both consonantal and vocalic sound changes within the stem |
| 4 | Old Polish | -ć | forms |
| 5 | Old Polish | ty | singular non-formal second person pronoun thou, you |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | ty | you |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tūˀ | you |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |