Where does “kulawić” come from?

kulawić (Polish) comes from Polish kulawy, from Polish -awy, from Polish szpat, from German spät, from Middle High German spǣte, from Old High German spāti, from Proto-West Germanic *spādī, from Proto-Germanic spēdiz — to succeed, to prosper.

kulawić (Polish): to lame

Definitions

  1. to lame

Ancestry of “kulawić”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishkulawylame, limping
2Polish-awy-ish; -ous
3Polishszpatspar
4Germanspätlate
5Middle High Germanspǣte—
6Old High Germanspāti—
7Proto-West Germanic*spādīlate
8Proto-Germanicspēdizlate
9Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-tí-s—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper
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