Where does “ціка́вий” come from?

ціка́вий (Ukrainian) comes from Polish ciekawy, from Polish -awy, from Polish szpat, from German spät, from Middle High German spǣte, from Old High German spāti, from Proto-West Germanic *spādī, from Proto-Germanic spēdiz — to succeed, to prosper.

ціка́вий (Ukrainian): interesting

Definitions

  1. interesting

Ancestry of “ціка́вий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishciekawyinteresting; curious
2Polish-awy-ish; -ous
3Polishszpatspar
4Germanspätlate
5Middle High Germanspǣte—
6Old High Germanspāti—
7Proto-West Germanic*spādīlate
8Proto-Germanicspēdizlate
9Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-tí-s—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

Words derived from “ціка́вий”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- →Every word from Polish -awy →Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-tí-s →