Where does “szlifować” come from?

szlifować (Polish) comes from Middle High German slīfen, from Old High German slīfan, from Proto-West Germanic slīpan, from Proto-Germanic slīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European sley- — smooth; slick; sticky; slimy; to smear.

szlifować (Polish): to polish; to hone

Definitions

  1. to polish; to hone

Ancestry of “szlifować”, step by step

szlifować traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German slīfen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanslīfen—
2Old High Germanslīfan—
3Proto-West Germanicslīpanto grind, to whet, to sharpen
4Proto-Germanicslīpanąto slide; to grind; to sharpen
5Proto-Indo-Europeansley-smooth; slick; sticky; slimy; to smear

via German schleifen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschleifento grind, to whet, to move across a surface...
2Middle High Germansleifen—
3Old High Germansleifento drag
4Proto-West Germanicslaipijanto pull along, to drag

Words derived from “szlifować”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sley- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slīpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slīpan →