Where does “jałowość” come from?

jałowość (Polish) comes from Polish jałowy, from Proto-Slavic jalovъ, from Proto-Indo-European jal- — bad.

jałowość (Polish): barrenness, unfruitfulness, wasteness

Definitions

  1. barrenness, unfruitfulness, wasteness

Ancestry of “jałowość”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishjałowybarren, hardscrabble, waste, idling, unfruitful;...
2Proto-Slavicjalovъidle; infertile, barren
3Proto-Indo-Europeanjal-bad
Every word from Proto-Indo-European jal- →Every word from Proto-Slavic jalovъ →Every word from Polish jałowy →
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