Where does “posiadać” come from?

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

posiadać (Polish): to own, to possess

Definitions

  1. to own, to possess

Ancestry of “posiadać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishpo-perfectivizing prefix
2Proto-Slavicpo-after

Words derived from “posiadać”

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