Where does “ględzić” come from?

ględzić (Polish) comes from Silesian blyndzić, from Proto-Slavic blęsti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic blend-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlendʰ- — to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...

ględzić (Polish): to blather; to talk in a long-winded, boring, or inane manner

Definitions

  1. to blather; to talk in a long-winded, boring, or inane manner

Ancestry of “ględzić”, step by step

ględzić traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Silesian blyndzić

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Silesianblyndzićto blather
2Proto-Slavicblęstito talk nonsense; to err
3Proto-Balto-Slavicblend-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlendʰ-to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...

via Old Polish ględzieć

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishględziećto look, to look at
2Proto-Slavicględětito look at, to watch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic blend- →Every word from Proto-Slavic blęsti →