Where does “ostać” come from?

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

ostać (Old Polish): to stay, to not leave someone or some place

Definitions

  1. to stay, to not leave someone or some place

Ancestry of “ostać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polisho-appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way, en-, be-, make
2Proto-Slavico(b)-over

Words derived from “ostać”

Every word from Proto-Slavic o(b)- →Every word from Old Polish o- →
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