Where does “zaległość” come from?

zaległość (Polish) comes from Polish zaległy, from Polish zalec, 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.

zaległość (Polish): backlog; arrearage

Definitions

  1. backlog; arrearage

Ancestry of “zaległość”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishzaległybelated, late, overdue
2Polishzalecto cover, to occupy, to take up
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-