Where does “graniastosłup” come from?
graniastosłup (Polish) comes from Polish słup, from Dutch sloep, from Middle French chaloupe, from Old French escalope, from Old French escale, from Old High German skala, from Proto-Germanic skalō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
graniastosłup (Polish): prism
Definitions
- prism
Ancestry of “graniastosłup”, step by step
graniastosłup traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish słup
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | słup | pole; column; pillar; pale; shell corporation; a... |
| 2 | Dutch | sloep | A small boat, with oars and historically often... |
| 3 | Middle French | chaloupe | — |
| 4 | Old French | escalope | shell |
| 5 | Old French | escale | shell |
| 6 | Old High German | skala | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skalō | shell; lump, ball |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |
via Polish graniasty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | graniasty | angular, pointed, sharp-cornered |
| 2 | Polish | -asty | forms masculine adjectives meaning similar to |
| 3 | Polish | -ty | forms passive participles of simple -i, -y, -u or -ą stems (or verbs with the suffix -nąć) and causes apophony of ą→ę |
| 4 | Old Polish | -ty | forms passive participles of simple -i, -y, -u or -ą stems (or verbs with the suffix -nąć) and causes apophony of ą→ę |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -tъ | Deverbal from mono-syllabic simple stems, forms... |