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
Ancestry of “nawiedzać”, step by step
nawiedzać traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish nawiedzić
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | nawiedzić | to haunt |
| 2 | Polish | na- | added to verbs to make them perfective |
| 3 | Old Polish | na- | added to verbs to make them perfective |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | na- | on |
via Polish nawidzieć
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | nawidzieć | to like each other |
| 2 | Old Polish | nawidzieć | to love, to cherish, to be fond of |