Where does “smętnieć” come from?

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

smętnieć (Polish): to become sad, melancholic

Definitions

  1. to become sad, melancholic

Ancestry of “smętnieć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-ecA masculine suffix
2Old Polish-ecforms nouns
3Proto-Slavic-ьcьForms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from...
4Lithuanian-ikas
5Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “smętnieć

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱosEvery word from Polish -ecEvery word from Proto-Slavic -ьcь
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