Where does “kościotrup” come from?

kościotrup (Polish) comes from Polish kość, from Proto-Slavic kostь, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.

kościotrup (Polish): skeleton

Definitions

  1. skeleton

Ancestry of “kościotrup”, step by step

kościotrup traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish kość

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishkośćbone; chip; dice
2Proto-Slavickostьbone
3Proto-Indo-Europeankost-—

via Polish trup

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishtrupcorpse; a device broken beyond repair; clunker,...
2Old Polishtrup—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kost- →Every word from Proto-Slavic kostь →Every word from Polish kość →