Where does “odłamywać” come from?

odłamywać (Polish) comes from Polish odłamać, from Polish łamać, from Old Polish łamać, from Proto-Slavic *lamati, from Proto-Indo-European lem- — to crush; fragile; to break, soften; open jaws.

odłamywać (Polish): to break off

Definitions

  1. to break off

Ancestry of “odłamywać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishodłamaćto break off
2Polishłamaćto break, to snap; to break a long, thin, brittle...
3Old Polishłamaćto break
4Proto-Slavic*lamatito break
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlem-to crush; fragile; to break, soften; open jaws
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lem- →Every word from Proto-Slavic *lamati →Every word from Old Polish łamać →