Where does “opowiadanie” come from?

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

opowiadanie (Polish): short story

Definitions

  1. short story

Ancestry of “opowiadanie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishopowiadaćto tell, to narrate
2Old Polishopowiadaćto announce, to proclaim, to make known
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 “opowiadanie”

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