Where does “oczekiwanie” come from?

oczekiwanie (Polish) comes from Polish oczekiwać, from Polish o-, from Old Polish o-, from Proto-Slavic o(b)- — over.

oczekiwanie (Polish): anticipation, expectation, hope

Definitions

  1. anticipation, expectation, hope

Ancestry of “oczekiwanie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishoczekiwaćto expect
2Polisho-prefix indicating a perfective verb
3Old Polisho-appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way, en-, be-, make
4Proto-Slavico(b)-over
Every word from Proto-Slavic o(b)- →Every word from Polish o- →Every word from Old Polish o- →
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