Where does “spychacz” come from?
spychacz (Polish) comes from Polish spychać, from Polish zepchnąć, from Polish pchnąć, from Serbo-Croatian -nac, from Czech co, from Old Czech čso, from Proto-Slavic česo, from Proto-Slavic čь — interrogative base.
spychacz (Polish): bulldozer
Definitions
- bulldozer
Ancestry of “spychacz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | spychać | to move by pushing, to shove, to bulldoze |
| 2 | Polish | zepchnąć | to move by pushing, to shove, to bulldoze |
| 3 | Polish | pchnąć | to push, to shove |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | -nac | — |
| 5 | Czech | co | what; that; isn't it so, don't you think? |
| 6 | Old Czech | čso | Interrogative pronoun; what |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | česo | what (interrogative) |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | čь | what; alternative form of *čьto |
| 9 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ki | what |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷíd | neuter nominative/accusative singular of *kʷís |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷís | who, what; who, which, that; which, what |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷi- | interrogative base |