Where does “ostrzeliwać” come from?
ostrzeliwać (Polish) comes from Polish ostrzelać, from Polish o-, from Old Polish o-, from Proto-Slavic o(b)- — over.
ostrzeliwać (Polish): to put under fire, to bombard, to shell, to cannonade
Definitions
- to put under fire, to bombard, to shell, to cannonade
Ancestry of “ostrzeliwać”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Polish | ostrzelać | to put under fire, to bombard, to shell, to cannonade |
| 2 | Polish | o- | prefix indicating a perfective verb |
| 3 | Old Polish | o- | appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way, en-, be-, make |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | o(b)- | over |