Where does “duszpasterzować” come from?

duszpasterzować (Polish) comes from Polish duszpasterz, from Polish pasterz, from Old Polish pastyrz, from Proto-Slavic pastyrь — herder herd's guardian.

duszpasterzować (Polish): to perform pastoral or ministerial duties

Definitions

  1. to perform pastoral or ministerial duties

Ancestry of “duszpasterzować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishduszpasterzChristian priest
2Polishpasterzshepherd
3Old Polishpastyrz
4Proto-Slavicpastyrьherder herd's guardian
Every word from Proto-Slavic pastyrьEvery word from Old Polish pastyrzEvery word from Polish pasterz