Where does “żwirownia” come from?

żwirownia (Polish) comes from Polish -ownia, from Polish -owy, from Old Polish -owy, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.

żwirownia (Polish): gravel pit

Definitions

  1. gravel pit

Ancestry of “żwirownia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-owniaforms feminine nouns denoting location
2Polish-owy-y
3Old Polish-owyappended to nouns to form adjectives; -y
4Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Polish -owy →Every word from Old Polish -owy →