Where does “obiecywać” come from?

obiecywać (Polish) comes from Polish obiecać, from Proto-Slavic oběťati, from Proto-Slavic věťati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic waitjāˀtei.

obiecywać (Polish): to promise

Definitions

  1. to promise

Ancestry of “obiecywać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishobiecaćto promise
2Proto-Slavicoběťatito promise, to pledge
3Proto-Slavicvěťatito say, to make a claim, to converse
4Proto-Balto-Slavicwaitjāˀtei—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic waitjāˀtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic věťati →Every word from Proto-Slavic oběťati →