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Where does “poskromić” come from?

poskromić (Polish) comes from Polish skromić, from Polish -ić, from Old Polish -ić, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “poskromić”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishskromić—
2Polish-ić—
3Old Polish-ić—
4Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
5Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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