Where does “zalotnica” come from?
zalotnica (Polish) comes from Polish zaloty, from Polish zalecać, from Polish zalecić, from Polish za-, from Polish nie-, from Old Polish nie-, from Old Polish nie, from Proto-Slavic ne — not; no.
Ancestry of “zalotnica”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | zaloty | courtship |
| 2 | Polish | zalecać | to recommend |
| 3 | Polish | zalecić | to recommend |
| 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 |