Where does “epickość” come from?

epickość (Polish) comes from Polish epicki, from Polish epika, from Latin epicus, from Ancient Greek ἐπικός, from Ancient Greek ἔπος, from Ancient Greek ϝέπος, from Proto-Hellenic wékʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wékʷos — to speak, to sound out.

epickość (Polish): the emotional style of epic poetry

Definitions

  1. the emotional style of epic poetry

Ancestry of “epickość”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishepickiepic
2Polishepikaepic poetry
3Latinepicusepic
4Ancient Greekἐπικόςepic
5Ancient Greekἔποςsomething spoken: speech, story, song; epic...
6Ancient Greekϝέπος—
7Proto-Hellenicwékʷosword, speech
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwékʷos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wékʷos →Every word from Proto-Hellenic wékʷos →