Where does “zamarzać” come from?
zamarzać (Polish) comes from Polish zamorzyć, from Polish morzyć, from Proto-Slavic moriti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mareitei, from Proto-Indo-European mor-éye-, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.
zamarzać (Polish): to freeze
Definitions
- to freeze
Ancestry of “zamarzać”, step by step
zamarzać traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish zamorzyć
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | zamorzyć | to starve to death or to weaken by starvation |
| 2 | Polish | morzyć | to kill slowly in a cruel way |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | moriti | to kill |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | mareitei | to kill |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mor-éye- | to kill |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |