Where does “postrzępić” come from?

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

postrzępić (Polish): to fray, to shred

Definitions

  1. to fray, to shred

Ancestry of “postrzępić”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpo-Prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative...
2Old Polishpo-perfectivizing prefix
3Proto-Slavicpo-after

Words derived from “postrzępić”

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