Where does “podlizuch” come from?

podlizuch (Polish) comes from Polish podlizać, from Polish lizać, from Proto-Slavic lizati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic léiźtei, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- — to lick.

podlizuch (Polish): sycophant, bootlicker, brown noser, kiss-ass, suckup, toady

Definitions

  1. sycophant, bootlicker, brown noser, kiss-ass, suckup, toady

Ancestry of “podlizuch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpodlizaćto bootlick
2Polishlizaćto lick
3Proto-Slaviclizatito lick
4Proto-Balto-Slavicléiźteito lick
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵʰ-to lick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic léiźtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic lizati →