Where does “-ywać” come from?

-ywać (Polish) comes from Polish -ować, from Latin -owac, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

-ywać (Polish): forms imperfective verbs from perfective verbs,...

Definitions

  1. forms imperfective verbs from perfective verbs,...

Ancestry of “-ywać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-owaćUsed to form verbs from nouns and adjectives
2Latin-owac
3Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives

Words derived from “-ywać

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovatiEvery word from Polish -owaćEvery word from Latin -owac
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