Where does “òbserwòwac” come from?

òbserwòwac (Kashubian) comes from Polish obserwować, from Latin observo, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός, from Ancient Greek βέλος, from Proto-Indo-European gʷélHos — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

òbserwòwac (Kashubian): to observe

Definitions

  1. to observe

Ancestry of “òbserwòwac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishobserwowaćto observe, to watch
2LatinobservoI observe, watch; I guard, keep watch over; I...
3Latinob-towards; against
4Latinobolusobolus (Greek coin)
5Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
6Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
7Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
8Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos
9Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-