Where does “pośmiewać” come from?

pośmiewać (Polish) comes from Polish pośmiać, from Polish po-, from Old Polish po-, from Proto-Slavic po- — after.

pośmiewać (Polish): to laugh at; to make fun of

Definitions

  1. to laugh at; to make fun of

Ancestry of “pośmiewać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpośmiaćto laugh for some time
2Polishpo-Prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative...
3Old Polishpo-perfectivizing prefix
4Proto-Slavicpo-after

Words derived from “pośmiewać”

Every word from Proto-Slavic po- →Every word from Polish po- →Every word from Old Polish po- →