Where does “podkablowywać” come from?

podkablowywać (Polish) comes from Polish podkablować, from Polish kablować, from Polish kabel, from German Kabel, from Middle High German kabel, from Middle Dutch cabel, from French câble, from Old French cable — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

podkablowywać (Polish): to snitch, to rat on

Definitions

  1. to snitch, to rat on

Ancestry of “podkablowywać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpodkablowaćto snitch, to rat on
2Polishkablowaćto snitch, to tell on
3Polishkabelcable; snitch, informant
4GermanKabelcable; telegram; thick rope
5Middle High Germankabel—
6Middle Dutchcabelthick rope
7Frenchcâblecable; first-person singular present indicative...
8Old Frenchcable—
9Vulgar Latincaplum—
10Latincapulumhandle; hilt; halter, lasso
11Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
12Proto-Italickapiōtake
13Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
14Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
15Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
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