Where does “strzykwa” come from?

strzykwa (Polish) comes from Polish -wa, from Proto-Slavic -vъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-was, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

strzykwa (Polish): sea cucumber, holothuroid

Definitions

  1. sea cucumber, holothuroid

Ancestry of “strzykwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-waforms feminine nouns
2Proto-Slavic-vъFrom thematic declension of u-stem...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*-was—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Proto-Slavic -vъ →Every word from Polish -wa →