Where does “kredka” come from?

kredka (Polish) comes from Polish kreda, from German Kreide, from Middle High German krīde, from Old High German krīda, from Vulgar Latin *crēda, from Latin Crēta, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

kredka (Polish): colored pencil

Definitions

  1. colored pencil

Ancestry of “kredka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishkredachalk; Cretaceous
2GermanKreidea chalk
3Middle High Germankrīde
4Old High Germankrīda
5Vulgar Latin*crēda
6LatinCrētachalk
7Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
8Latin-āxish, -y
9Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
10Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
11Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
12Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius