Where does “pokonać” come from?

pokonać (Polish) comes from Serbo-Croatian konac, from Proto-Slavic konьcь, from Proto-Slavic konъ, from Proto-Slavic čęti — to begin.

pokonać (Polish): to defeat

Definitions

  1. to defeat

Ancestry of “pokonać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiankonacend; thread
2Proto-Slavickonьcьend; thread, string
3Proto-Slavickonъbeginning; end
4Proto-Slavicčętito begin

Words derived from “pokonać”

Every word from Proto-Slavic čęti →Every word from Proto-Slavic konъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic konьcь →