Where does “podchwytywać” come from?

podchwytywać (Polish) comes from Polish -ywać, from Polish -ować, from Latin -owac, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

podchwytywać (Polish): to take up, to pick up, to seize upon, to adopt

Definitions

  1. to take up, to pick up, to seize upon, to adopt

Ancestry of “podchwytywać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-ywaćforms imperfective verbs from perfective verbs,...
2Polish-owaćUsed to form verbs from nouns and adjectives
3Latin-owac
4Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovatiEvery word from Polish -owaćEvery word from Polish -ywać
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