Where does “Potempa” come from?
Potempa (Polish) comes from Polish Potępa, from Polish potępić, from Polish po-, from Old Polish po-, from Proto-Slavic po- — after.
Ancestry of “Potempa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | Potępa | — |
| 2 | Polish | potępić | — |
| 3 | Polish | po- | Prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative... |
| 4 | Old Polish | po- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | po- | after |