Where does “opływać” come from?

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

opływać (Polish): to sail around, to circumnavigate

Definitions

  1. to sail around, to circumnavigate

Ancestry of “opływać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polisho-prefix indicating a perfective verb
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 “opływać”

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