Where does “wisielec” come from?

wisielec (Polish) comes from Polish -elec, from Polish -ec, from Old Polish -ec, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

wisielec (Polish): corpse of a person who died by hanging

Definitions

  1. corpse of a person who died by hanging

Ancestry of “wisielec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-elecforms masculine nouns
2Polish-ecA masculine suffix
3Old Polish-ecforms nouns
4Proto-Slavic-ьcьForms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from...
5Lithuanian-ikas—
6Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “wisielec”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Polish -ec →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьcь →