Where does “obelżyć” come from?

obelżyć (Old Polish) comes from Old Polish ob-, from Proto-Slavic o(b)- — over.

obelżyć (Old Polish): to reduce, to alleviate, to assuage, to mitigate

Definitions

  1. to reduce, to alleviate, to assuage, to mitigate

Ancestry of “obelżyć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishob-prefix added to verbs to mean surrounding, around
2Proto-Slavico(b)-over

Words derived from “obelżyć

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