Where does “tęsknota” come from?

tęsknota (Polish) comes from Polish -ota, from Proto-Slavic -ota, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -atā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂.

tęsknota (Polish): yearning, Sehnsucht

Definitions

  1. yearning, Sehnsucht

Ancestry of “tęsknota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-otanoun suffix
2Proto-Slavic-otaDeadjectival, forming abstract nouns denoting the...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-atā́ˀ—
4Proto-Indo-European-otéh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂ →Every word from Polish -ota →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ota →