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

  1. wrestler

Ancestry of “zapaśnik”, step by step

zapaśnik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish zapasy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishzapasywrestling
2Polish-ynominative plural ending of some masculine nouns;...
3Old Polish-yforms adjectives
4Proto-Slavicthis; he
5Proto-Balto-Slavicthis
6Old Polishto go
7Proto-Slavicjьtito go
8Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Polish pas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpasbelt; fess; pass
2Frenchpasstep, pace, footstep; strait, pass; thread, pitch
3Old Frenchpaspace; step; Alternative form of past
4Latinpāstushaving eaten, consumed
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “zapaśnik

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éytiEvery word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei