Where does “ostawać” come from?

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

ostawać (Polish): to stay, to remain

Definitions

  1. to stay, to remain

Ancestry of “ostawać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishostaćto stay, to remain
2Old Polishostaćto stay, to not leave someone or some place
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 Old Polish ostać →