Where does “powołanki” come from?

powołanki (Polish) comes from Polish powołanie, from Polish powołać, from Polish po-, from Old Polish po-, from Proto-Slavic po- — after.

Ancestry of “powołanki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpowołaniecalling, vocation
2Polishpowołaćto appoint, to name
3Polishpo-Prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative...
4Old Polishpo-perfectivizing prefix
5Proto-Slavicpo-after
Every word from Proto-Slavic po- →Every word from Polish po- →Every word from Old Polish po- →