Where does “odrętwienie” come from?

odrętwienie (Polish) comes from Polish odrętwieć, from Polish drętwieć, from Polish -ec, from Old Polish -ec, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

odrętwienie (Polish): numbness

Definitions

  1. numbness

Ancestry of “odrętwienie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishodrętwiećto stiffen, to go numb, to fall asleep
2Polishdrętwiećto stiffen; to be numb, to be asleep
3Polish-ecA masculine suffix
4Old Polish-ecforms nouns
5Proto-Slavic-ьcьForms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from...
6Lithuanian-ikas—
7Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Polish -ec →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьcь →