Where does “klei” come from?

klei (Polish) comes from Polish kleić, from Old Polish -ić, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

klei (Polish): third-person singular present of kleić

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present of kleić

Ancestry of “klei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishkleićto glue
2Old Polish-ićforms verbs
3Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Slavic -iti →