Where does “cwaniakować” come from?

cwaniakować (Polish) comes from Polish cwaniak, from Polish -ak, from Old Polish -ak, from Proto-Slavic -akъ — Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...

cwaniakować (Polish): to act slyly or craftily

Definitions

  1. to act slyly or craftily

Ancestry of “cwaniakować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishcwaniaksly fox
2Polish-akused to form demonyms; used to form various...
3Old Polish-akused to form nouns
4Proto-Slavic-akъDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -akъ →Every word from Polish -ak →Every word from Polish cwaniak →