Where does “majaczenie” come from?

majaczenie (Polish) comes from Polish majaczyć, from Russian маячить, from Russian -и́ть, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

majaczenie (Polish): delirium

Definitions

  1. delirium

Ancestry of “majaczenie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishmajaczyćto loom
2Russianмаячитьto loom, to appear indistinctly; to hang around,...
3Russian-и́ть
4Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
5Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyetiEvery word from Proto-Slavic -iti
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