Where does “wschodnioniemiecki” come from?

wschodnioniemiecki (Polish) comes from Polish niemiecki, from Proto-Slavic němьčьskъ, from Proto-Slavic němьcь, from Proto-Slavic němъ — unclear or incomprehensible speaker, muttering,...

wschodnioniemiecki (Polish): East German

Definitions

  1. East German

Ancestry of “wschodnioniemiecki”, step by step

wschodnioniemiecki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish niemiecki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishniemieckiGerman
2Proto-SlavicněmьčьskъGerman
3Proto-Slavicněmьcьforeigner, non-Slav; specifically, a speaker of a...
4Proto-Slavicněmъunclear or incomprehensible speaker, muttering,...

via Polish wschodni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishwschodnieast, eastern
2Polish-niforms adjectives
3Old Polish-niforms adjectives
4Proto-Slavic-nьDeverbative, creates nouns
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