Where does “przytarczyca” come from?

przytarczyca (Polish) comes from Polish tarczyca, from Polish -yca, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

przytarczyca (Polish): parathyroid gland

Definitions

  1. parathyroid gland

Ancestry of “przytarczyca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishtarczycathyroid gland
2Polish-ycaForms feminine nouns, especially pejoratives and...
3Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ica →Every word from Polish -yca →Every word from Polish tarczyca →
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