Where does “naśmiać” come from?

naśmiać (Polish) comes from Polish na-, from Old Polish na-, from Proto-Slavic na- — on.

naśmiać (Polish): to laugh for some time

Definitions

  1. to laugh for some time

Ancestry of “naśmiać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishna-added to verbs to make them perfective
2Old Polishna-added to verbs to make them perfective
3Proto-Slavicna-on
Every word from Proto-Slavic na- →Every word from Polish na- →Every word from Old Polish na- →
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