Where does “opierać” come from?

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

opierać (Polish): to lean onto, to put onto

Definitions

  1. to lean onto, to put onto

Ancestry of “opierać”, step by step

opierać traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish oprać

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishopraćto wash clothes for, to do laundry for
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

via Polish oprzeć

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishoprzećto lean onto, to put onto
2Proto-Slavic*operti—
Every word from Proto-Slavic o(b)- →Every word from Polish o- →Every word from Old Polish o- →