Where does “obelga” come from?

obelga (Polish) comes from Polish obelżyć, from Old Polish obelżyć, from Old Polish ob-, from Proto-Slavic o(b)- — over.

obelga (Polish): insult

Definitions

  1. insult

Ancestry of “obelga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishobelżyćto insult or
2Old Polishobelżyćto reduce, to alleviate, to assuage, to mitigate
3Old Polishob-prefix added to verbs to mean surrounding, around
4Proto-Slavico(b)-over

Words derived from “obelga”

Every word from Proto-Slavic o(b)- →Every word from Old Polish ob- →Every word from Old Polish obelżyć →