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Where does “krzywica” come from?

krzywica (Polish) comes from Polish -ica, from Old Polish -ica, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

krzywica (Polish): rickets, rachitis

Definitions

  1. rickets, rachitis

Ancestry of “krzywica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-icaForms feminine nouns, especially pejoratives and...
2Old Polish-ica—
3Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ica →