Where does “rozwierać” come from?
rozwierać (Polish) comes from Polish rozewrzeć, from Proto-Slavic verťi, from Latin vertere, from Latin verto, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
rozwierać (Polish): to open
Definitions
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Ancestry of “rozwierać”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | rozewrzeć | to open |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | verťi | to roll, turn; to throw, cast |
| 3 | Latin | vertere | inflection of vertō: ## third-person plural... |
| 4 | Latin | verto | I turn, revolve; I turn around; I reverse |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |