Where does “ogarnąć” come from?

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

ogarnąć (Polish): to grip; to engulf; to overwhelm

Definitions

  1. to grip; to engulf; to overwhelm

Ancestry of “ogarnąć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishogarnąćto surround, to encircle
2Old Polisho-appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way, en-, be-, make
3Proto-Slavico(b)-over

Words derived from “ogarnąć”

Every word from Proto-Slavic o(b)- →Every word from Old Polish o- →Every word from Old Polish ogarnąć →