Where does “potrafiák” come from?

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

potrafiák (Polish): jack of all trades; expert

Definitions

  1. jack of all trades; expert

Ancestry of “potrafiák”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpotrafićto know how, to be able to, can
2Polishpo-Prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative...
3Old Polishpo-perfectivizing prefix
4Proto-Slavicpo-after
Every word from Proto-Slavic po- →Every word from Polish po- →Every word from Old Polish po- →