Where does “dawić” come from?

dawić (Old Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic dāvìti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰew- — to die, pass away; to run, flow.

dawić (Old Polish): to choke, to strangle, to strangulate, to suffocate

Definitions

  1. to choke, to strangle, to strangulate, to suffocate

Ancestry of “dawić”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdāvìtito press, to plunge
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰew-to die, pass away; to run, flow

Words derived from “dawić”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰew- →Every word from Proto-Slavic dāvìti →