Where does “burzyć” come from?
burzyć (Polish) comes from Old Polish borzyć, from Proto-Slavic boriti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
burzyć (Polish): to demolish
Ancestry of “burzyć”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Polish | borzyć | to destroy, to ruin, to down; to fight, to... |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | boriti | to battle, to wrestle |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |