Where does “poświadczenie” come from?
poświadczenie (Polish) comes from Polish poświadczyć, from Polish świadczyć, from Old Polish świadczyć, from Old Polish świadek, from Proto-Slavic *sъvědъkъ, from Proto-Slavic *sъvěděti.
poświadczenie (Polish): confirmation, receipt, testament
Definitions
- confirmation, receipt, testament
Ancestry of “poświadczenie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | poświadczyć | to confirm |
| 2 | Polish | świadczyć | to witness; to be indicative, to be a sign of, to indicate, to prove, to evince, to testify, to betoken, to bear witness to, to speak to |
| 3 | Old Polish | świadczyć | to testify |
| 4 | Old Polish | świadek | witness |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | *sъvědъkъ | witness |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | *sъvěděti | — |