Where does “zapaśnik” come from?
zapaśnik (Polish) comes from Polish zapasy, from Polish -y, from Old Polish -y, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei — to go.
zapaśnik (Polish): wrestler
Definitions
- wrestler
Ancestry of “zapaśnik”, step by step
zapaśnik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish zapasy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | zapasy | wrestling |
| 2 | Polish | -y | nominative plural ending of some masculine nouns;... |
| 3 | Old Polish | -y | forms adjectives |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | jь | this; he |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | iś | this |
| 6 | Old Polish | ić | to go |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | jьti | to go |
| 8 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | eitei | to go |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via Polish pas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | pas | belt; fess; pass |
| 2 | French | pas | step, pace, footstep; strait, pass; thread, pitch |
| 3 | Old French | pas | pace; step; Alternative form of past |
| 4 | Latin | pāstus | having eaten, consumed |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |