Where does “zagadkowość” come from?
zagadkowość (Polish) comes from Polish zagadkowy, from Polish zagadka, from Polish zagadać, from Polish za-, from Polish nie-, from Old Polish nie-, from Old Polish nie, from Proto-Slavic ne — not; no.
zagadkowość (Polish): inscrutability, incomprehensibility, that which is enigmatic
Definitions
- inscrutability, incomprehensibility, that which is enigmatic
Ancestry of “zagadkowość”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | zagadkowy | enigmatic, mysterious |
| 2 | Polish | zagadka | stumper, riddle, puzzle, enigma |
| 3 | Polish | zagadać | to engage, to accost, to strike up a conversation with, to chat up |
| 4 | Polish | za- | Forms perfective semelfactive verbs, usually... |
| 5 | Polish | nie- | un-, dis-, -less, non- |
| 6 | Old Polish | nie- | generic negation prefix, used for adjectives, adverbs and participles; un-, dis-, -less, non |
| 7 | Old Polish | nie | negation particle; no, not |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | ne | not |
| 9 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | nē | not |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | né | not; no |