Where does “opałka” come from?

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

opałka (Polish): wicker basket

Definitions

  1. wicker basket

Ancestry of “opałka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishopałkafurnace kindling
2Polishopałaćto heat by burning some material
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 Old Polish o- →Every word from Polish opałać →
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