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- — to be strong.

ratować (Polish): to rescue, to save

Definitions

  1. to rescue, to save

Ancestry of “ratować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishretowaćto rescue, to save
2Middle High Germanretten—
3Old High Germanretten—
4Proto-West Germanichraddjanto save, to rescue
5Proto-Germanichradjanąto loosen; set free; deliver; rescue; save
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱret-to be strong

Words derived from “ratować”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱret- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hradjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hraddjan →