Where does “unicestwić” come from?

unicestwić (Polish) comes from Polish nicestwić, from Polish nicestwo, from Polish nić, from Old Polish nic, from Proto-Slavic nitь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic nítis, from Proto-Indo-European (s)nh₁itis, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

unicestwić (Polish): to annihilate

Definitions

  1. to annihilate

Ancestry of “unicestwić”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishnicestwićto annihilate, to destroy
2Polishnicestwonothingness
3Polishnićthread
4Old Polishnicnothing
5Proto-Slavicnitьthread
6Proto-Balto-Slavicnítis—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)nh₁itis—
8Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

Words derived from “unicestwić”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)nh₁itis →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic nítis →