Where does “kilkustopniowy” come from?
kilkustopniowy (Polish) comes from Polish kilka, from Old Polish kilko, from Proto-Slavic koliko, from Proto-Slavic kolikъ — how big.
kilkustopniowy (Polish): multilevel
Ancestry of “kilkustopniowy”, step by step
kilkustopniowy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish kilka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | kilka | more than two but less than ten; several; few |
| 2 | Old Polish | kilko | more than two but less than ten; several; few |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | koliko | how much, how many; neuter of *kolikъ |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | kolikъ | how big |
via Polish stopień
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | stopień | step, a piece of stairs; step, raised piece of... |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | *stepy | step?, stair? |