Where does “spowiadacz” come from?

spowiadacz (Polish) comes from Polish spowiadać, from Old Polish spowiadać, from Old Polish powiadać, from Proto-Slavic *povědati.

Ancestry of “spowiadacz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishspowiadaćto shrive
2Old Polishspowiadaćto proclaim
3Old Polishpowiadaćto say, to tell
4Proto-Slavic*povědati—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *povědati →Every word from Old Polish powiadać →Every word from Old Polish spowiadać →