Where does “ratować” come from?
ratować (Polish) comes from Old Polish retować, from Middle High German retten, from Old High German retten, from Proto-West Germanic hraddjan, from Proto-Germanic hradjaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱret-.
ratować (Polish): to rescue, to save
Ancestry of “ratować”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Polish | retować | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | retten | — |
| 3 | Old High German | retten | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hraddjan | to save, to rescue |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hradjaną | to loosen; set free; deliver; rescue; save |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱret- | — |
Words derived from “ratować”