Where does “nijakość” come from?
nijakość (Polish) comes from Polish nijaki, from Polish jaki, from Old Polish jaki, from Proto-Slavic jakъ, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti — to go.
nijakość (Polish): blandness, colorlessness, drabness, lacklustreness
Definitions
- blandness, colorlessness, drabness, lacklustreness
Ancestry of “nijakość”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | nijaki | neuter |
| 2 | Polish | jaki | what, which kind of |
| 3 | Old Polish | jaki | introduces a question about a trait; what, what... like |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | jakъ | of this kind; of what/which kind |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | jь | this; he |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | iś | this |
| 7 | Old Polish | ić | to go |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | jьti | to go |
| 9 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | eitei | to go |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |