Where does “tępieć” come from?

tępieć (Polish) comes from Polish -ec, from Old Polish -ec, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

tępieć (Polish): to become stupid, to go daffy, to grow stupid

Definitions

  1. to become stupid, to go daffy, to grow stupid

Ancestry of “tępieć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-ecA masculine suffix
2Old Polish-ecforms nouns
3Proto-Slavic-ьcьForms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from...
4Lithuanian-ikas—
5Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “tępieć”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Polish -ec →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьcь →