Where does “oknąć” come from?

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

oknąć (Polish): to go deaf

Definitions

  1. to go deaf

Ancestry of “oknąć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishokchnąćto become mute, to become speechless
2Old Polisho-appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way, en-, be-, make
3Proto-Slavico(b)-over
Every word from Proto-Slavic o(b)- →Every word from Old Polish o- →Every word from Old Polish okchnąć →