Where does “zetlić” come from?

zetlić (Polish) comes from Polish tlić, from Proto-Slavic tьlěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic til-.

zetlić (Polish): to fall apart due to being weakened and nearly dissolved by fire or age

Definitions

  1. to fall apart due to being weakened and nearly dissolved by fire or age

Ancestry of “zetlić”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishtlićto smolder
2Proto-Slavictьlětito decay; to smolder
3Proto-Balto-Slavictil-—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic til- →Every word from Proto-Slavic tьlěti →Every word from Polish tlić →