Where does “lękliwy” come from?

lękliwy (Polish) comes from Polish -liwy, from Polish -iwy, from Proto-Slavic -ivъ, from Proto-Slavic -vъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-was, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

lękliwy (Polish): chicken-hearted, chicken-livered, nesh, pusillanimous, spooky, timorous

Definitions

  1. chicken-hearted, chicken-livered, nesh, pusillanimous, spooky, timorous

Ancestry of “lękliwy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-liwyforms adjectives from verbs meaning tending to
2Polish-iwyforms masculine adjectives meaning tending to
3Proto-Slavic-ivъ—
4Proto-Slavic-vъFrom thematic declension of u-stem...
5Proto-Balto-Slavic*-was—
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “lękliwy”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →