Where does “woskowaty” come from?

woskowaty (Polish) comes from Polish -owaty, from Polish -owy, from Old Polish -owy, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.

woskowaty (Polish): waxy, waxlike, coated with wax

Definitions

  1. waxy, waxlike, coated with wax

Ancestry of “woskowaty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-owatyforms masculine adjectives meaning having a trait
2Polish-owy-y
3Old Polish-owyappended to nouns to form adjectives; -y
4Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Polish -owy →Every word from Polish -owaty →
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