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Where does “rysować” come from?

rysować (Polish) comes from Middle High German rīzen, from Old High German rīzan, from Proto-West Germanic hrītan, from Proto-Germanic hrītaną — to scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull.

rysować (Polish): to draw, to sketch

Definitions

  1. to draw, to sketch

Ancestry of “rysować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanrīzen—
2Old High Germanrīzanto scratch
3Proto-West Germanichrītanto scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull
4Proto-Germanichrītanąto scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull

Words derived from “rysować”

  • рисовать
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