Where does “skrzyżowanie” come from?
skrzyżowanie (Polish) comes from Polish skrzyżować, from Polish krzyżować, from Polish krzyż, from Turkish kriz, from French crise, from Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek κρίσις, from Ancient Greek κρίνω — to sift, separate, divide.
skrzyżowanie (Polish): intersection, crossroads
Definitions
- intersection, crossroads
Ancestry of “skrzyżowanie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | skrzyżować | to cross, to fold |
| 2 | Polish | krzyżować | to cross, to fold |
| 3 | Polish | krzyż | cross; sacrum |
| 4 | Turkish | kriz | crisis |
| 5 | French | crise | crisis; attack, fit |
| 6 | Latin | crisis | crisis |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κρίσις | decision, determination, judgment; trial,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |