Where does “skąpić” come from?

skąpić (Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic skopiti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

skąpić (Polish): to skimp, to stint

Definitions

  1. to skimp, to stint

Ancestry of “skąpić”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicskopitito castrate, to geld
2Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
3Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
4Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “skąpić”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Slavic -iti →