Where does “podtykać” come from?
podtykać (Polish) comes from Polish tykać, from Polish -ać, from Old Polish -ć, from Old Polish ty, from Proto-Slavic ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
podtykać (Polish): to put under, to stick under
Definitions
- to put under, to stick under
Ancestry of “podtykać”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | tykać | to tick; to touch; to address with the informal... |
| 2 | Polish | -ać | forms imperfect and frequentative verb forms, causes both consonantal and vocalic sound changes within the stem |
| 3 | Old Polish | -ć | forms |
| 4 | Old Polish | ty | singular non-formal second person pronoun thou, you |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | ty | you |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tūˀ | you |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |