Where does “pokrętło” come from?

pokrętło (Polish) comes from Polish pokręcić, from Polish po-, from Old Polish po-, from Proto-Slavic po- — after.

pokrętło (Polish): knob, dial

Definitions

  1. knob, dial

Ancestry of “pokrętło”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpokręcićto turn several times
2Polishpo-Prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative...
3Old Polishpo-perfectivizing prefix
4Proto-Slavicpo-after
Every word from Proto-Slavic po- →Every word from Polish po- →Every word from Old Polish po- →