Where does “naciągaczka” come from?
naciągaczka (Polish) comes from Polish naciągacz, from Polish naciągać, from Polish na-, from Old Polish na-, from Proto-Slavic na- — on.
Ancestry of “naciągaczka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | naciągacz | blagger, charlatan, con artist, grifter, huckster, hustler, mountebank, scammer, scrounger, swindler |
| 2 | Polish | naciągać | to stretch over, to put on something held by elasticity |
| 3 | Polish | na- | added to verbs to make them perfective |
| 4 | Old Polish | na- | added to verbs to make them perfective |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | na- | on |