Where does “pocztowy” come from?
pocztowy (Polish) comes from Polish poczta, from Italian posta, from Italian posto, from Latin positus, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.
pocztowy (Polish): postal; pertaining to a unit of soldiers
Definitions
- postal; pertaining to a unit of soldiers
Ancestry of “pocztowy”, step by step
pocztowy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish poczta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | poczta | mail; post; post office |
| 2 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 3 | Italian | posto | place, spot |
| 4 | Latin | positus | placed; ordained |
| 5 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |
via Polish poczet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | poczet | fellowship, retinue; A gallery of portraits; A... |
| 2 | Czech | počet | count, number; calculus |
| 3 | Czech | počítat | to count; to calculate; to number, total |
| 4 | Czech | čítat | to number, to count, to amount to |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | čitati | to read; to count |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | skait- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skey- | to split, to dissect |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |