Where does “powstrzymywać” come from?

powstrzymywać (Polish) comes from Polish -ywać, from Polish -ować, from Latin -owac, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

powstrzymywać (Polish): to hold back, to check, to contain, to stay

Definitions

  1. to hold back, to check, to contain, to stay

Ancestry of “powstrzymywać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-ywaćforms imperfective verbs from perfective verbs,...
2Polish-owaćUsed to form verbs from nouns and adjectives
3Latin-owac—
4Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →Every word from Polish -ować →Every word from Polish -ywać →