Where does “zapowiadanie” come from?

zapowiadanie (Old Polish) comes from Old Polish zapowiadać, from Old Polish za-, from Proto-Slavic za- — for.

Ancestry of “zapowiadanie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishzapowiadaćto prohibit, to ban, to not allow certain actions
2Old Polishza-derives verbs of various meanings
3Proto-Slavicza-for
Every word from Proto-Slavic za- →Every word from Old Polish za- →Every word from Old Polish zapowiadać →
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