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Where does “ciągnąć” come from?

ciągnąć (Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic tęgnǫti, from Proto-Indo-European tengʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

ciągnąć (Polish): to pull; to drag, to draw, to haul; to give a...

Definitions

  1. to pull; to drag, to draw, to haul; to give a...

Ancestry of “ciągnąć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictęgnǫtito pull
2Proto-Indo-Europeantengʰ-to pull; to be heavy, difficult
3Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “ciągnąć”

  • przyciągnąć
  • ciągnik
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