Where does “obetrzeć” come from?

obetrzeć (Polish) comes from Polish trzeć, from Proto-Slavic terti, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

obetrzeć (Polish): to wipe away, to mop

Definitions

  1. to wipe away, to mop

Ancestry of “obetrzeć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishtrzećto rub; to grate, to shred
2Proto-Slavictertito rub, to scrape; to polish
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “obetrzeć”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- →Every word from Proto-Slavic terti →Every word from Polish trzeć →
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