Where does “włamać” come from?

włamać (Polish) comes from Polish łamać, from Old Polish łamać, from Proto-Slavic *lamati, from Proto-Indo-European lem- — to crush; fragile; to break, soften; open jaws.

włamać (Polish): to break in, to hack into

Definitions

  1. to break in, to hack into

Ancestry of “włamać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishłamaćto break, to snap; to break a long, thin, brittle...
2Old Polishłamaćto break
3Proto-Slavic*lamatito break
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlem-to crush; fragile; to break, soften; open jaws

Words derived from “włamać”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lem- →Every word from Proto-Slavic *lamati →Every word from Old Polish łamać →