Where does “odrzeć” come from?

odrzeć (Polish) comes from Polish drzeć, from Proto-Slavic dertì — to tear.

odrzeć (Polish): to tear off, to strip away

Definitions

  1. to tear off, to strip away

Ancestry of “odrzeć”, step by step

odrzeć traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish drzeć

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishdrzećto tear cloth, paper or similar material; to...
2Proto-Slavicdertìto tear

via Proto-Slavic *otъreťi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*otъreťito respond

Words derived from “odrzeć

Every word from Proto-Slavic dertìEvery word from Polish drzeć