Where does “zakład” come from?

zakład (Polish) comes from Old Polish zakład, from Old Polish zakładać, from Old Polish za-, from Proto-Slavic za- — for.

zakład (Polish): facility; institution, establishment, undertaking; factory, plant

Definitions

  1. facility; institution, establishment, undertaking; factory, plant

Ancestry of “zakład”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishzakładfoundation
2Old Polishzakładaćto provide with strong foundations, to embed firmly, to build
3Old Polishza-derives verbs of various meanings
4Proto-Slavicza-for

Words derived from “zakład”

Every word from Proto-Slavic za- →Every word from Old Polish za- →Every word from Old Polish zakładać →