Where does “stycznie” come from?
stycznie (Polish) comes from Polish styczny, from Polish stykać, from Polish tykać, from Polish -ać, from Old Polish -ć, from Old Polish ty, from Proto-Slavic ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tūˀ — you, thou.
stycznie (Polish): osculatorily, tangentially
Definitions
- osculatorily, tangentially
Ancestry of “stycznie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | styczny | osculatory, tangential |
| 2 | Polish | stykać | to connect, to put in contact, to touch together |
| 3 | Polish | tykać | to tick; to touch; to address with the informal... |
| 4 | Polish | -ać | forms imperfect and frequentative verb forms, causes both consonantal and vocalic sound changes within the stem |
| 5 | Old Polish | -ć | forms |
| 6 | Old Polish | ty | singular non-formal second person pronoun thou, you |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | ty | you |
| 8 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tūˀ | you |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |