Where does “poněmčovat” come from?

poněmčovat (Czech) comes from Czech -ovat, from Old Czech -ovati, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

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Ancestry of “poněmčovat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czech-ovatverb forming suffix
2Old Czech-ovativerb forming suffix
3Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →Every word from Czech -ovat →Every word from Old Czech -ovati →