Where does “-wać” come from?

-wać (Polish) comes from Old Polish -wać, from Proto-Slavic -vati.

-wać (Polish): forms verbs, usually of a frequentative or imperfective meaning, sometimes causes a vowel change, most often a or o → e

Definitions

  1. forms verbs, usually of a frequentative or imperfective meaning, sometimes causes a vowel change, most often a or o → e

Ancestry of “-wać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polish-waćforms verbs, usually of a frequentative or imperfective meaning, sometimes causes a vowel change, most often a or o → e
2Proto-Slavic-vati—

Words derived from “-wać”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -vati →Every word from Old Polish -wać →