Where does “podlizywacz” come from?

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

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “podlizywacz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpodlizywaćto bootlick
2Polishpodlizaćto bootlick
3Polishlizaćto lick
4Proto-Slaviclizatito lick
5Proto-Balto-Slavicléiźteito lick
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵʰ-to lick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic léiźtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic lizati →