Where does “pasożytnictwo” come from?

pasożytnictwo (Polish) comes from Polish pasożytnik, from Polish pasożyt, from Old Polish pasirzyt, from Old Polish -i-, from Proto-Slavic *-i-.

pasożytnictwo (Polish): parasitism

Definitions

  1. parasitism

Ancestry of “pasożytnictwo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpasożytnik
2Polishpasożytparasite
3Old Polishpasirzytparasite
4Old Polish-i-
5Proto-Slavic*-i-
Every word from Proto-Slavic *-i-Every word from Old Polish -i-Every word from Old Polish pasirzyt