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
- to keep vigil for some time
Ancestry of “poczuwać”, step by step
poczuwać traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish poczuć
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | poczuć | to feel, to sense |
| 2 | Polish | po- | Prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative... |
| 3 | Old Polish | po- | perfectivizing prefix |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | po- | after |
via Polish czuwać
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | czuwać | to keep vigil, to watch over |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | čuvati | to guard, protect; to watch over; to save,... |