Where does “sponiewierać” come from?
sponiewierać (Polish) comes from Polish poniewierać, from Polish po-, from Old Polish po-, from Proto-Slavic po- — after.
sponiewierać (Polish): to kick about, to kick around, to knock about, to knock around, to manhandle, to ride roughshod over
Definitions
- to kick about, to kick around, to knock about, to knock around, to manhandle, to ride roughshod over
Ancestry of “sponiewierać”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | poniewierać | to kick about, to kick around, to knock about, to knock around, to manhandle, to ride roughshod over |
| 2 | Polish | po- | Prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative... |
| 3 | Old Polish | po- | perfectivizing prefix |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | po- | after |