Where does “podupadać” come from?

podupadać (Polish) comes from Polish upadać, from Old Polish upadać, from Serbo-Croatian upadati, from Serbo-Croatian padati, from Proto-Slavic pàdati — to fall, to topple down.

podupadać (Polish): to languish, to lapse, to decline

Definitions

  1. to languish, to lapse, to decline

Ancestry of “podupadać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishupadaćto fall down, drop
2Old Polishupadać—
3Serbo-Croatianupadatito fall into, drop into; to rush into, dash into;...
4Serbo-Croatianpadatito fall
5Proto-Slavicpàdatito fall, to topple down
Every word from Proto-Slavic pàdati →Every word from Serbo-Croatian padati →Every word from Serbo-Croatian upadati →
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