Where does “zaciętość” come from?

zaciętość (Polish) comes from Polish zacięty, from Polish zaciąć, from Polish za-, from Polish nie-, from Old Polish nie-, from Old Polish nie, from Proto-Slavic ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic nē — not; no.

zaciętość (Polish): stubbornness, doggedness, mulishness

Definitions

  1. stubbornness, doggedness, mulishness

Ancestry of “zaciętość”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishzaciętyfierce, bitter, vehement
2Polishzaciąćto cut
3Polishza-Forms perfective semelfactive verbs, usually...
4Polishnie-un-, dis-, -less, non-
5Old Polishnie-generic negation prefix, used for adjectives, adverbs and participles; un-, dis-, -less, non
6Old Polishnienegation particle; no, not
7Proto-Slavicnenot
8Proto-Balto-Slavicnot
9Proto-Indo-Europeannot; no
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Polish za-Every word from Polish nie-