Where does “wyspowiadać” come from?

wyspowiadać (Polish) comes from Old Polish wyspowiadać, from Old Polish spowiadać, from Old Polish powiadać, from Proto-Slavic *povědati.

wyspowiadać (Polish): to shrive

Definitions

  1. to shrive

Ancestry of “wyspowiadać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishwyspowiadaćto confess, to shrive
2Old Polishspowiadaćto proclaim
3Old Polishpowiadaćto say, to tell
4Proto-Slavic*povědati—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *povědati →Every word from Old Polish powiadać →Every word from Old Polish spowiadać →
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