Where does “wpół” come from?
wpół (Polish) comes from Polish w, from Polish reszta, from German Rest, from Italian resto, from Italian restare, from Latin restō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.
wpół (Polish): in half
Definitions
- in half
Ancestry of “wpół”, step by step
wpół traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish w
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | w | in, at, on; into, in; on |
| 2 | Polish | reszta | rest; change; remainder |
| 3 | German | Rest | rest, remainder, remnant; radical |
| 4 | Italian | resto | rest, remainder, balance |
| 5 | Italian | restare | to stay; to remain |
| 6 | Latin | restō | to stand firm; to stay behind |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Polish pół
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | pół | half |
| 2 | Old Polish | z | denotes delative movement; off of |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | sъ(n) | with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 6 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 7 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 8 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |