Where does “trzeć” come from?

trzeć (Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic terti, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

trzeć (Polish): to rub; to grate, to shred

Definitions

  1. to rub; to grate, to shred

Ancestry of “trzeć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictertito rub, to scrape; to polish
2Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “trzeć”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- →Every word from Proto-Slavic terti →