Where does “wyglądko” come from?

wyglądko (Polish) comes from Polish wyglądać, from Old Polish wyględać, from Old Polish ględać, from Proto-Slavic glę̀dati — to look at, to watch.

wyglądko (Polish): rectangular opening the size of a small window of old homes placed in the wall next to the door leading to the hallway and closed with a shutter from which people would look out and talk to one another on rainy days

Definitions

  1. rectangular opening the size of a small window of old homes placed in the wall next to the door leading to the hallway and closed with a shutter from which people would look out and talk to one another on rainy days

Ancestry of “wyglądko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishwyglądaćto look, to look like, to appear
2Old Polishwyględaćto look out for; to await
3Old Polishględaćto look, to look at
4Proto-Slavicglę̀datito look at, to watch
Every word from Proto-Slavic glę̀dati →Every word from Old Polish ględać →Every word from Old Polish wyględać →
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