Where does “opływ” come from?

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

opływ (Polish): flowing around

Definitions

  1. flowing around

Ancestry of “opływ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishopływaćto sail around, to circumnavigate
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

Words derived from “opływ”

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