Where does “ugnieść” come from?

ugnieść (Polish) comes from Polish gnieść, from Proto-Slavic gnesti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic gnestei, from Proto-Indo-European gnét-ti, from Proto-Indo-European gnet-, from Proto-Indo-European gen- — to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate; to...

ugnieść (Polish): to press down, to flatten, to compress, to tamp

Definitions

  1. to press down, to flatten, to compress, to tamp

Ancestry of “ugnieść”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishgnieśćto knead
2Proto-Slavicgnestito press; to knead
3Proto-Balto-Slavicgnestei—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangnét-ti—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangnet-to press; to press together
6Proto-Indo-Europeangen-to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate; to...

Words derived from “ugnieść”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gnet- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gnét-ti →
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