Where does “bocawo” come from?

bocawo (Polish) comes from Polish bocawy, from Polish -awy, from Polish szpat, from German spät, from Middle High German spǣte, from Old High German spāti, from Proto-West Germanic *spādī, from Proto-Germanic spēdiz — to succeed, to prosper.

bocawo (Polish): scowling, gloomily

Definitions

  1. scowling, gloomily

Ancestry of “bocawo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishbocawyscowling, gloomy, sulking
2Polish-awy-ish; -ous
3Polishszpatspar
4Germanspätlate
5Middle High Germanspǣte—
6Old High Germanspāti—
7Proto-West Germanic*spādīlate
8Proto-Germanicspēdizlate
9Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-tí-s—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- →Every word from Polish -awy →Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-tí-s →