Where does “obmawiać” come from?

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

obmawiać (Polish): to badmouth; to missay, to slag off, to slander, to vilify

Definitions

  1. to badmouth; to missay, to slag off, to slander, to vilify

Ancestry of “obmawiać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishobmawiaćto slander
2Old Polishob-prefix added to verbs to mean surrounding, around
3Proto-Slavico(b)-over
Every word from Proto-Slavic o(b)- →Every word from Old Polish ob- →Every word from Old Polish obmawiać →