Where does “prostopływiec” come from?

prostopływiec (Polish) comes from Polish prosto, from Polish -o, from Polish -a, from Old Polish -ą, from Proto-Slavic -a, from Proto-Indo-European -ōd.

prostopływiec (Polish): orthonectid

Definitions

  1. orthonectid

Ancestry of “prostopływiec”, step by step

prostopływiec traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish prosto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishprostostraight; direct, directly; simply
2Polish-o-ly; ly
3Polish-aforms nominative feminine nouns
4Old Polish-ąforms third person plural of verbs
5Proto-Slavic-aid
6Proto-Indo-European-ōd—

via Polish pływać

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpływaćto swim
2Proto-Slavic*plỳvati—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōd →Every word from Polish -o →Every word from Polish -a →