Where does “majaczka” come from?
majaczka (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.
majaczka (Polish): fever with delirium
Definitions
- fever with delirium
Ancestry of “majaczka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | majaczyć | to loom |
| 2 | Russian | маячить | to loom, to appear indistinctly; to hang around,... |
| 3 | Russian | -и́ть | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |