Where does “prostować” come from?

prostować (Polish) comes from Polish prosty, from Old Polish prosty, from Proto-Slavic prostъ, from Proto-Indo-European pro-sth₂o-.

prostować (Polish): to straighten, to straighten out; to straighten;...

Definitions

  1. to straighten, to straighten out; to straighten;...

Ancestry of “prostować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishprostystraight; simple, easy; unsophisticated,...
2Old Polishprostystraight
3Proto-Slavicprostъsimple, straight
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-sth₂o-—

Words derived from “prostować”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pro-sth₂o- →Every word from Proto-Slavic prostъ →Every word from Old Polish prosty →