Where does “kredowobiały” come from?

kredowobiały (Polish) comes from Polish kredowy, 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 — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

kredowobiały (Polish): chalk-white

Definitions

  1. chalk-white

Ancestry of “kredowobiały”, step by step

kredowobiały traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish kredowy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishkredowychalk, chalky
2Polishkredachalk; Cretaceous
3GermanKreidea chalk
4Middle High Germankrīde
5Old High Germankrīda
6Vulgar Latin*crēda
7LatinCrētachalk
8Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
9Latin-āxish, -y
10Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
11Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
12Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
13Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Polish Biały

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishBiaływhite
2Old Polishbiaływhite
3Proto-Slavic*bě̃lъwhite the brightest color
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius