Where does “rękodzieło” come from?

rękodzieło (Polish) comes from Polish ręka, from Old Polish ręka, from Proto-Slavic rǫkà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ránkāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European wrenk-, from Latvian wer- — to turn, to bend.

rękodzieło (Polish): handicraft; arts and crafts

Definitions

  1. handicraft; arts and crafts

Ancestry of “rękodzieło”, step by step

rękodzieło traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish ręka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishrękahand; arm
2Old Polishrękahand; arm
3Proto-Slavicrǫkàhand; arm
4Proto-Balto-Slavicránkāˀhand, arm
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwrenk-to turn, twist, bend
6Latvianwer-to turn, to bend

via Polish dzieło

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishdziełowork
2Proto-Slavicdělodeed; work
3Proto-Slavicdětito do; to put, to place; to thread, to pass...
4Proto-Balto-Slavicdḗˀteito put, to place; to do
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “rękodzieło”

Every word from Latvian wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrenk- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ránkāˀ →
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