Where does “miewać” come from?

miewać (Polish) comes from Polish -wać, from Old Polish -wać, from Proto-Slavic -vati.

miewać (Polish): to have something repeatedly; to have a tendency for something

Definitions

  1. to have something repeatedly; to have a tendency for something

Ancestry of “miewać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-waćforms verbs, usually of a frequentative or imperfective meaning, sometimes causes a vowel change, most often a or o → e
2Old Polish-waćforms verbs, usually of a frequentative or imperfective meaning, sometimes causes a vowel change, most often a or o → e
3Proto-Slavic-vati
Every word from Proto-Slavic -vatiEvery word from Polish -waćEvery word from Old Polish -wać