Where does “lizuch” come from?

lizuch (Polish) comes from Polish lizać, from Proto-Slavic lizati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic léiźtei, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- — to lick.

lizuch (Polish): sycophant, bootlicker, brown noser, kiss-ass, suckup, toady

Definitions

  1. sycophant, bootlicker, brown noser, kiss-ass, suckup, toady

Ancestry of “lizuch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishlizaćto lick
2Proto-Slaviclizatito lick
3Proto-Balto-Slavicléiźteito lick
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵʰ-to lick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic léiźtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic lizati →