Where does “skłonność” come from?
skłonność (Polish) comes from Polish skłonny, from Polish skłonić, from Polish kłonić, from Proto-Slavic kloniti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
skłonność (Polish): inclination
Ancestry of “skłonność”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Polish | skłonny | predisposed, prone; willing |
| 2 | Polish | skłonić | — |
| 3 | Polish | kłonić | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | kloniti | to bow; to incline, to converge |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |