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Where does “wysokościowiec” come from?

wysokościowiec (Polish) comes from Polish wysokość, from Old Polish wysoki, from Proto-Slavic vysokъ, from Proto-Slavic -okъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

wysokościowiec (Polish): high-rise

Definitions

  1. high-rise

Ancestry of “wysokościowiec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishwysokośćheight; altitude; level
2Old Polishwysoki—
3Proto-Slavicvysokъhigh; tall
4Proto-Slavic-okъFrom adjectives, forms a carrier of the...
5Proto-Slavic-kъDeverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or...
6Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
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