Where does “poczuwać” come from?

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

poczuwać (Polish): to keep vigil for some time

Definitions

  1. to keep vigil for some time

Ancestry of “poczuwać”, step by step

poczuwać traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish poczuć

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpoczućto feel, to sense
2Polishpo-Prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative...
3Old Polishpo-perfectivizing prefix
4Proto-Slavicpo-after

via Polish czuwać

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishczuwaćto keep vigil, to watch over
2Serbo-Croatiančuvatito guard, protect; to watch over; to save,...
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