Where does “samoobsługa” come from?

samoobsługa (Polish) comes from Polish obsługa, from Polish obsługiwać, from Polish obsłużyć, from Polish ob-, from Old Polish ob-, from Proto-Slavic o(b)- — over.

samoobsługa (Polish): self-service

Definitions

  1. self-service

Ancestry of “samoobsługa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishobsługaservice
2Polishobsługiwaćto serve, to wait on
3Polishobsłużyćto serve, to wait on
4Polishob-prefix added to verbs for the aspect of space -...
5Old Polishob-prefix added to verbs to mean surrounding, around
6Proto-Slavico(b)-over

Words derived from “samoobsługa

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