Where does “wisielczy” come from?

wisielczy (Polish) comes from Polish -y, from Old Polish -y, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.

wisielczy (Polish): hanged, hanged person, of or pertaining to a corpse of a person who died by hanging

Definitions

  1. hanged, hanged person, of or pertaining to a corpse of a person who died by hanging

Ancestry of “wisielczy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-ynominative plural ending of some masculine nouns;...
2Old Polish-yforms adjectives
3Proto-Slavicthis; he
4Proto-Balto-Slavicthis
5Old Polishto go
6Proto-Slavicjьtito go
7Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éytiEvery word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei
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