Where does “pomachać” come from?

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

pomachać (Polish): to wave

Definitions

  1. to wave

Ancestry of “pomachać”, step by step

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