Where does “powieść” come from?

powieść (Polish) comes from Polish wieść, from Proto-Slavic vestì, from Proto-Balto-Slavic westéi, from Proto-Indo-European wedʰ- — to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...

powieść (Polish): novel

Definitions

  1. novel

Ancestry of “powieść”, step by step

powieść traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish wieść

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishwieśćto lead, conduct; to work out, to do well; to pan...
2Proto-Slavicvestìto lead, conduct
3Proto-Balto-Slavicwestéito lead
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwedʰ-to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...

via Proto-Slavic *pověstь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*pověstьtale, narration
2Proto-Slavic*povĕdtь—

Words derived from “powieść”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wedʰ- →