Where does “spierniczać” come from?

spierniczać (Polish) comes from Polish spierniczyć, from Polish pierniczyć, from Polish piernik, from Old Polish pierz, from Old Polish ppierz, from Proto-Slavic pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι — berry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...

spierniczać (Polish): to eff off, to escape, to flee, to hightail it, to run away

Definitions

  1. to eff off, to escape, to flee, to hightail it, to run away

Ancestry of “spierniczać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishspierniczyćto eff off, to escape, to flee, to hightail it, to run away
2Polishpierniczyćto fib, to talk nonsense
3Polishpiernikgingerbread; pepper, any member of the genus...
4Old Polishpierzpepper
5Old Polishppierz
6Proto-Slavicpьpьrьpepper
7Latinpiperpepper
8Ancient Greekπέπεριpepper; black pepper
9Sanskritपिप्पलिberry; peppercorn; long pepper
10Sanskritपिप्पलberry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...
Every word from Sanskrit पिप्पलEvery word from Sanskrit पिप्पलिEvery word from Ancient Greek πέπερι