Where does “szwankować” come from?

szwankować (Polish) comes from Polish -ować, from Latin -owac, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

szwankować (Polish): to be on the fritz

Definitions

  1. to be on the fritz

Ancestry of “szwankować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-owaćUsed to form verbs from nouns and adjectives
2Latin-owac—
3Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →Every word from Polish -ować →Every word from Latin -owac →