Where does “połownictwo” come from?

połownictwo (Polish) comes from Polish połownik, from Polish połowa, from Old Polish połowa, from Old Polish połowica, from Old Polish -owica, from Old Polish -owy, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.

połownictwo (Polish): sharecropping

Definitions

  1. sharecropping

Ancestry of “połownictwo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpołowniksharecropper
2Polishpołowahalf
3Old Polishpołowahalf
4Old Polishpołowica—
5Old Polish-owicaforms feminine nouns
6Old Polish-owyappended to nouns to form adjectives; -y
7Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Old Polish -owy →Every word from Old Polish -owica →