Where does “pochlebstwo” come from?

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

pochlebstwo (Polish): flattery, adulation, compliment

Definitions

  1. flattery, adulation, compliment

Ancestry of “pochlebstwo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpochlebićto flatter, to adulate
2Polishpo-Prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative...
3Old Polishpo-perfectivizing prefix
4Proto-Slavicpo-after
Every word from Proto-Slavic po- →Every word from Polish po- →Every word from Old Polish po- →