Where does “tykać” come from?

tykać (Polish) comes from Polish tknąć, from Old Polish tknąć.

tykać (Polish): to tick; to touch; to address with the informal...

Definitions

  1. to tick; to touch; to address with the informal...

Ancestry of “tykać”, step by step

tykać traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish tknąć

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishtknąćto touch, to lay a finger on
2Old Polishtknąć

via Polish TY

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishTYyou

via Proto-Slavic tykati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictykatito push, to prod, to thrust

Words derived from “tykać

Every word from Old Polish tknąćEvery word from Polish tknąć
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