Where does “nawiedzać” come from?

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

nawiedzać (Polish): to haunt

Definitions

  1. to haunt

Ancestry of “nawiedzać”, step by step

nawiedzać traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish nawiedzić

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishnawiedzićto haunt
2Polishna-added to verbs to make them perfective
3Old Polishna-added to verbs to make them perfective
4Proto-Slavicna-on

via Polish nawidzieć

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishnawidziećto like each other
2Old Polishnawidziećto love, to cherish, to be fond of
Every word from Proto-Slavic na-Every word from Polish na-Every word from Old Polish na-
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