Where does “naśmiewać” come from?

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

naśmiewać (Polish): to poke fun, to make fun, to mock

Definitions

  1. to poke fun, to make fun, to mock

Ancestry of “naśmiewać”, 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- →