Where does “pożywić” come from?

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

pożywić (Polish): to feed, to fodder, to nourish

Definitions

  1. to feed, to fodder, to nourish

Ancestry of “pożywić”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpo-Prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative...
2Old Polishpo-perfectivizing prefix
3Proto-Slavicpo-after

Words derived from “pożywić”

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