Where does “wapienny” come from?

wapienny (Polish) comes from Polish wapń, from Polish wapień, from Polish -eń, from Ancient Greek -ηνός, from Ancient Greek -νός, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

wapienny (Polish): limestone; calcareous

Definitions

  1. limestone; calcareous

Ancestry of “wapienny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishwapńcalcium
2Polishwapieńlimestone
3Polish-eńforms masculine nouns, predominantly agents
4Ancient Greek-ηνός-ian, -ese
5Ancient Greek-νόςAlternative form of -νος
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “wapienny”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Ancient Greek -ηνός →Every word from Polish -eń →