Where does “opowiadanko” come from?
opowiadanko (Polish) comes from Polish opowiadanie, from Polish opowiadać, from Old Polish opowiadać, from Old Polish o-, from Proto-Slavic o(b)- — over.
Ancestry of “opowiadanko”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | opowiadanie | short story |
| 2 | Polish | opowiadać | to tell, to narrate |
| 3 | Old Polish | opowiadać | to announce, to proclaim, to make known |
| 4 | Old Polish | o- | appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way, en-, be-, make |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | o(b)- | over |