Where does “przeinaczyć” come from?

przeinaczyć (Polish) comes from Polish inaczej, from Old Polish inaczej, from Old Polish -ej, from Proto-Slavic *-jьjь.

przeinaczyć (Polish): to distort, to misrepresent, to twist

Definitions

  1. to distort, to misrepresent, to twist

Ancestry of “przeinaczyć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishinaczejdifferently, otherwise
2Old Polishinaczejotherwise, differently; in a different way
3Old Polish-ej—
4Proto-Slavic*-jьjь—

Words derived from “przeinaczyć”

Every word from Proto-Slavic *-jьjь →Every word from Old Polish -ej →Every word from Old Polish inaczej →