Where does “obowiązywać” come from?

obowiązywać (Polish) comes from Polish -ywać, from Polish -ować, from Latin -owac, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

obowiązywać (Polish): to apply, to stand, to be in effect

Definitions

to apply, to stand, to be in effect

Ancestry of “obowiązywać”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Polish	-ywać	forms imperfective verbs from perfective verbs,...
2	Polish	-ować	Used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives
3	Latin	-owac	—
4	Proto-Slavic	-ovati	Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives

Words derived from “obowiązywać”

zobowiązywać

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →Every word from Polish -ować →Every word from Polish -ywać →