Where does “poterać” come from?

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

poterać (Polish): to destroy, to ruin, to lay waste to

Definitions

  1. to destroy, to ruin, to lay waste to

Ancestry of “poterać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpo-Prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative...
2Old Polishpo-perfectivizing prefix
3Proto-Slavicpo-after
Every word from Proto-Slavic po- →Every word from Polish po- →Every word from Old Polish po- →
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