Where does “oniemiały” come from?

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

oniemiały (Polish): speechless, dumbstruck

Definitions

  1. speechless, dumbstruck

Ancestry of “oniemiały”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishoniemiećto be struck dumb, to be rendered speechless
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- →