Where does “kwaterka” come from?
kwaterka (Polish) comes from Polish kwatera, from German Quartier, from French quartier, from French -ier, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
kwaterka (Polish): second cloth canvas from the shaft on a windmill
Definitions
- second cloth canvas from the shaft on a windmill
Ancestry of “kwaterka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | kwatera | lodgings, boarding house, quarters |
| 2 | German | Quartier | accommodation, quarters; quarter |
| 3 | French | quartier | quarter, district, neighbourhood |
| 4 | French | -ier | used to form the names of trees bearing a... |
| 5 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |