Where does “ucierać” come from?

ucierać (Polish) comes from Old Polish ucirać, from Old Polish utrzeć, from Old Polish u-, from Proto-Slavic u- — away.

ucierać (Polish): to grate apart, to shred apart

Definitions

  1. to grate apart, to shred apart

Ancestry of “ucierać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishuciraćto rub off; to dry
2Old Polishutrzećto rub off
3Old Polishu-perfective prefix
4Proto-Slavicu-away

Words derived from “ucierać”

Every word from Proto-Slavic u- →Every word from Old Polish u- →Every word from Old Polish utrzeć →