Where does “ponowoczesność” come from?
ponowoczesność (Polish) comes from Polish nowoczesność, from Polish nowoczesny, from German neuzeitlich, from German Neuzeit, from German neu, from Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi, from Proto-West Germanic niwi — new; to nod, assent to.
ponowoczesność (Polish): postmodernity
Definitions
- postmodernity
Ancestry of “ponowoczesność”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | nowoczesność | modernity, modernness |
| 2 | Polish | nowoczesny | modern |
| 3 | German | neuzeitlich | modern; new age |
| 4 | German | Neuzeit | modern age |
| 5 | German | neu | new; modern, recent, latest |
| 6 | Middle High German | niuwe | new |
| 7 | Old High German | niuwi | new; newness |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | niwi | new |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *niwjaz | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | néwyos | Alternative form of *néwos; new |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |