Where does “stępiały” come from?
stępiały (Polish) comes from Polish stępieć, from Polish tępieć, from Polish -ec, from Old Polish -ec, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
Ancestry of “stępiały”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | stępieć | to become stupid, to go daffy, to grow stupid |
| 2 | Polish | tępieć | to become stupid, to go daffy, to grow stupid |
| 3 | Polish | -ec | A masculine suffix |
| 4 | Old Polish | -ec | forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -ьcь | Forms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from... |
| 6 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |