Where does “posępnieć” come from?
posępnieć (Polish) comes from Polish posępny, from Polish posępić, from Polish sępić, from Polish -ić, from Old Polish -ić, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
posępnieć (Polish): to become glum, to become gloomy, to become sombre
Definitions
- to become glum, to become gloomy, to become sombre
Ancestry of “posępnieć”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | posępny | glum, in low spirits, somber, gloomy |
| 2 | Polish | posępić | — |
| 3 | Polish | sępić | to deject, to make glum |
| 4 | Polish | -ić | forms causative verbs |
| 5 | Old Polish | -ić | forms verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |