Where does “spożywczak” come from?

spożywczak (Polish) comes from Polish spożywczy, from Polish -czy, from Polish -y, from Old Polish -y, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti — to go.

spożywczak (Polish): grocery store, grocery, general store

Definitions

  1. grocery store, grocery, general store

Ancestry of “spożywczak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishspożywczyalimentary, edible, nutritive, food
2Polish-czyForms masculine adjectives
3Polish-ynominative plural ending of some masculine nouns;...
4Old Polish-yforms adjectives
5Proto-Slavicthis; he
6Proto-Balto-Slavicthis
7Old Polishto go
8Proto-Slavicjьtito go
9Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éytiEvery word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei
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