Where does “utarty” come from?

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

utarty (Polish): commonplace, conventional, hackneyed, well-worn, clichéd

Definitions

  1. commonplace, conventional, hackneyed, well-worn, clichéd

Ancestry of “utarty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishutrzećto grate apart, to shred apart
2Old Polishutrzećto rub off
3Old Polishu-perfective prefix
4Proto-Slavicu-away
Every word from Proto-Slavic u- →Every word from Old Polish u- →Every word from Old Polish utrzeć →