Where does “padać” come from?

padać (Polish) comes from Silesian pedzieć, from Polish powiedzieć, from Proto-Slavic *pověděti — to announce, to inform.

padać (Polish): to fall; to fall, to be defeated; to rain

Definitions

  1. to fall; to fall, to be defeated; to rain

Ancestry of “padać”, step by step

padać traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Silesian pedzieć

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Silesianpedziećto say, to tell
2Polishpowiedziećto tell; to say
3Proto-Slavic*povědětito announce, to inform

via Proto-Slavic pàdati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpàdatito fall, to topple down

Words derived from “padać”

Every word from Proto-Slavic *pověděti →Every word from Polish powiedzieć →Every word from Silesian pedzieć →