Where does “krętogłów” come from?

krętogłów (Polish) comes from Polish głowa, from Polish -ka, from Old Polish -ka, from Proto-Slavic -ъka, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

krętogłów (Polish): wryneck

Definitions

  1. wryneck

Ancestry of “krętogłów”, step by step

krętogłów traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish głowa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishgłowahead
2Polish-kafeminine noun suffix; diminutive noun suffix;...
3Old Polish-kafeminine noun suffix
4Proto-Slavic-ъkaDenominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,...
5Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...

via Polish kręcić

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishkręcićto twist; to twirl, spin, turn; to prevaricate
2Proto-Slavickrǫtitito turn, to twist, to twirl
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱrot(H)-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →Every word from Polish -ka →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ъka →