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Where does “popychadło” come from?

popychadło (Polish) comes from Polish popychać, from Polish popchnąć, from Polish pchnąć, from Serbo-Croatian -nac, from Czech co, from Old Czech čso, from Proto-Slavic česo, from Proto-Slavic čь — interrogative base.

popychadło (Polish): doormat, pushover, drudge

Definitions

  1. doormat, pushover, drudge

Ancestry of “popychadło”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpopychaćto push, to wheel; to hustle, to jostle, to...
2Polishpopchnąć—
3Polishpchnąć—
4Serbo-Croatian-nac—
5Czechcowhat; that; isn't it so, don't you think?
6Old Czechčso—
7Proto-Slavicčeso—
8Proto-Slavicčьwhat; alternative form of *čьto
9Proto-Balto-Slavickiwhat
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷídneuter nominative/accusative singular of *kʷís
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷíswho, what; who, which, that; which, what
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷi-interrogative base
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