Where does “barażowy” come from?

barażowy (Polish) comes from Polish baraż, from French barrage, from French barrer, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi.

barażowy (Polish): playoff

Definitions

  1. playoff

Ancestry of “barażowy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishbarażplayoff
2Frenchbarragedam, barrage; barrier, roadblock
3Frenchbarrerto bar, bar up; to bar off; to cross out, strike...
4EnglishBarA solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length
5Germanbär
6Middle High Germanbërbear
7Old High GermanberiA berry
8Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
9Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-