Where does “nastawnia” come from?

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

nastawnia (Polish): signal box, signal cabin, interlocking tower

Definitions

  1. signal box, signal cabin, interlocking tower

Ancestry of “nastawnia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishnastawićto set, to adjust, to regulate
2Polishna-added to verbs to make them perfective
3Old Polishna-added to verbs to make them perfective
4Proto-Slavicna-on
Every word from Proto-Slavic na- →Every word from Polish na- →Every word from Old Polish na- →
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