köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic жестъкъ (žestŭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *žestъkъ. Cognate to Old Church Slavonic жестъ (žestŭ, “hard”), жестѣти (žestěti, “to harden”). Also related to жесто́кий (žestókij, “cruel”).
köken: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄτεγκτος (átenktos, “not to be softened by water; hard-hearted”) for which see τέγγω (téngō, “moisten, soften”).
köken: Originally from regular classical adjective 厳し (kibishi, “tight, close, without gaps”), first cited to roughly 830. This earlier form later shifted conjugation patterns, from the so-called "-ku adjective" to the "-shiku adjective" pattern. The two conjugation types appear to have been in broadly free variation, with both forms developing the strict; severe senses in parallel. Historically, while…
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne Proto-Slavic *ne Old Polish nie Old Polish nie- Polish nie- Polish ugięty Polish nieugięty From nie- + ugięty.
çekim: karşılaştırma жорсткі́ший · üstünlük найжорсткі́ший
köken: Inherited from Old Ruthenian жесткий (žestkij), from Old East Slavic *жестъкъ (*žestŭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *žestъkъ. The epenthetic 'r' might have arisen under the influence of шорстки́й (šorstkýj, “rough, rigid”), compare dialectal жестки́й (žestkýj). Cognate with Belarusian жо́рсткі (žórstki) and Russian жёсткий (žóstkij).
stern, poop of a ship · a ship · backside of a person
çekim: çoğul puppēs · tamlayan puppium
köken: Uncertain. Pokorny compares Polish pupa (“bottom, rear”) and Ancient Greek πύματος (púmatos, “the last”), from a common Proto-Indo-European *pu (“turned away”), supposedly from or related to *apó (“away, off”), with uncertainties. (However, Pokorny did not consider that the Greek word could just as well reflect *pó-mn̥tos with Cowgill's law.) More information at Sanskrit पुनर् (púnar). An…