Where does “pewnić” come from?

pewnić (Old Polish) comes from Old Polish -ić, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

pewnić (Old Polish): to make sure, to make certain; to make unchanging

Definitions

  1. to make sure, to make certain; to make unchanging

Ancestry of “pewnić”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polish-ićforms verbs
2Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
3Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
4Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “pewnić”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Slavic -iti →