Where does “epiczny” come from?

epiczny (Polish) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

epiczny (Polish): epic

Definitions

  1. epic

Ancestry of “epiczny”, step by step

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