Where does “schlewać” come from?

schlewać (Polish) comes from Polish -wać, from Old Polish -wać, from Proto-Slavic -vati.

schlewać (Polish): to make drunk, to inebriate

Definitions

  1. to make drunk, to inebriate

Ancestry of “schlewać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-waćforms verbs, usually of a frequentative or imperfective meaning, sometimes causes a vowel change, most often a or o → e
2Old Polish-waćforms verbs, usually of a frequentative or imperfective meaning, sometimes causes a vowel change, most often a or o → e
3Proto-Slavic-vati—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -vati →Every word from Polish -wać →Every word from Old Polish -wać →