Where does “nitkowaty” come from?

nitkowaty (Polish) comes from Polish nitka, from Czech nit, from Old Czech nit, from Proto-Slavic nitь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic nítis, from Proto-Indo-European (s)nh₁itis, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

nitkowaty (Polish): threadlike, filiform, filamentous

Definitions

  1. threadlike, filiform, filamentous

Ancestry of “nitkowaty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishnitkaDiminutive of nić; thread
2Czechnitthread
3Old Czechnitthread
4Proto-Slavicnitьthread
5Proto-Balto-Slavicnítis—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)nh₁itis—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)nh₁itis →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic nítis →