Where does “piorunować” come from?

piorunować (Polish) comes from Polish piorun, from Old East Slavic Перунъ, from Proto-Slavic perunъ, from Proto-Indo-European perkunos, from Proto-Indo-European perkʷ- — oak.

piorunować (Polish): to strike with or as if by lightning, to fulminate

Definitions

  1. to strike with or as if by lightning, to fulminate

Ancestry of “piorunować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpiorunlightning
2Old East SlavicПерунъPerun
3Proto-Slavicperunъthunder, lightning
4Proto-Indo-Europeanperkunosthe thunder god
5Proto-Indo-Europeanperkʷ-oak

Words derived from “piorunować”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European perkʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European perkunos →Every word from Proto-Slavic perunъ →
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