Where does “przestawać” come from?

przestawać (Polish) comes from Polish -wać, from Old Polish -wać, from Proto-Slavic -vati.

przestawać (Polish): to stop doing something, to desist, to leave off

Definitions

  1. to stop doing something, to desist, to leave off

Ancestry of “przestawać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-waćforms verbs, usually of a frequentative or imperfective meaning, sometimes causes a vowel change, most often a or o → e
2Old Polish-waćforms verbs, usually of a frequentative or imperfective meaning, sometimes causes a vowel change, most often a or o → e
3Proto-Slavic-vati
Every word from Proto-Slavic -vatiEvery word from Polish -waćEvery word from Old Polish -wać