Where does “porwanie” come from?

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

porwanie (Polish): kidnapping, abduction

Definitions

  1. kidnapping, abduction

Ancestry of “porwanie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishporwaćto snag, to catch, to tear
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- →