Where does “powstanie” come from?

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

powstanie (Polish): uprising, rising, insurrection, rebellion

Definitions

  1. uprising, rising, insurrection, rebellion

Ancestry of “powstanie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishpowstanie—
2Old Polishpowstaćto stand up, to rise, to get up
3Old Polishpo-perfectivizing prefix
4Proto-Slavicpo-after

Words derived from “powstanie”

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