Where does “włamywacz” come from?

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

włamywacz (Polish): burglar

Definitions

  1. burglar

Ancestry of “włamywacz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishwłamywaćto break in, to hack into
2Polishwłamaćto break in, to hack into
3Polishłamaćto break, to snap; to break a long, thin, brittle...
4Old Polishłamaćto break
5Proto-Slavic*lamatito break
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlem-to crush; fragile; to break, soften; open jaws
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lem- →Every word from Proto-Slavic *lamati →Every word from Old Polish łamać →