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Where does “skłonny” come from?

skłonny (Polish) comes 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.

skłonny (Polish): predisposed, prone; willing

Definitions

  1. predisposed, prone; willing

Ancestry of “skłonny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishskłonić—
2Polishkłonić—
3Proto-Slavicklonitito bow; to incline, to converge
4Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
5Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “skłonny”

  • skłonność
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