Where does “poczekiwać” come from?

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

Ancestry of “poczekiwać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpoczekaćto wait
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- →