Where does “podarek” come from?
podarek (Polish) comes from Polish podarować, from Polish darować, from German dauern, from Middle High German dūren, from Middle Low German dūren, from Old French durer, from Latin dūrō, from Latin dūrus — far; long.
podarek (Polish): gift, present
Definitions
- gift, present
Ancestry of “podarek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | podarować | to give as a gift; to gift, to present |
| 2 | Polish | darować | to pardon, to excuse, to forgive, to remit, to absolve |
| 3 | German | dauern | to last, to continue, to persist; to last, to be... |
| 4 | Middle High German | dūren | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | dūren | — |
| 6 | Old French | durer | to last |
| 7 | Latin | dūrō | to harden, make hard |
| 8 | Latin | dūrus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | dūros | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | duh₂-ró-s | long, far |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dweh₂- | far; long |