Where does “posługiwać” come from?

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

posługiwać (Polish): to serve

Definitions

  1. to serve

Ancestry of “posługiwać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishposłużyćto come in handy
2Polishpo-Prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative...
3Old Polishpo-perfectivizing prefix
4Proto-Slavicpo-after

Words derived from “posługiwać”

Every word from Proto-Slavic po- →Every word from Polish po- →Every word from Old Polish po- →