Where does “opowiedzieć” come from?

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

opowiedzieć (Polish): to tell, to narrate

Definitions

  1. to tell, to narrate

Ancestry of “opowiedzieć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishopowiedziećto inform, to let know; to tell about
2Old Polisho-appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way, en-, be-, make
3Proto-Slavico(b)-over
Every word from Proto-Slavic o(b)- →Every word from Old Polish o- →Every word from Old Polish opowiedzieć →