Where does “opał” come from?

opał (Polish) comes from Latin opalus, from Byzantine Greek ὀπάλλιος, from Sanskrit उपल, from Sanskrit उपरि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan upári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian upári, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó.

opał (Polish): combustible, fuel used for heating; heating

Definitions

  1. combustible, fuel used for heating; heating

Ancestry of “opał”, step by step

opał traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin opalus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinopalusopal
2Byzantine Greekὀπάλλιοςopal
3Sanskritउपलstone; gem, stone
4Sanskritउपरिover; above; beyond
5Proto-Indo-Aryanupári—
6Proto-Indo-Iranianupáriabove, over
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via Polish opalić

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishopalićto heat by burning some material; to singe; to...
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 “opał”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upér →