Where does “skostniały” come from?

skostniały (Polish) comes from Polish skostnieć, from Polish kostnieć, from Polish -ec, from Old Polish -ec, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

skostniały (Polish): fossilized

Definitions

  1. fossilized

Ancestry of “skostniały”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishskostniećto fossilize
2Polishkostniećto fossilize
3Polish-ecA masculine suffix
4Old Polish-ecforms nouns
5Proto-Slavic-ьcьForms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from...
6Lithuanian-ikas—
7Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Polish -ec →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьcь →