Where does “świadczenie” come from?

świadczenie (Polish) comes from Polish świadczyć, from Old Polish świadczyć, from Old Polish świadek, from Proto-Slavic *sъvědъkъ, from Proto-Slavic *sъvěděti.

świadczenie (Polish): contractual performance

Definitions

  1. contractual performance

Ancestry of “świadczenie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishświadczyćto witness; to be indicative, to be a sign of, to indicate, to prove, to evince, to testify, to betoken, to bear witness to, to speak to
2Old Polishświadczyćto testify
3Old Polishświadekwitness
4Proto-Slavic*sъvědъkъwitness
5Proto-Slavic*sъvěděti—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *sъvěděti →Every word from Proto-Slavic *sъvědъkъ →Every word from Old Polish świadek →