Where does “zalewajka” come from?

zalewajka (Polish) comes from Polish zalewać, from Polish zalać, from Polish za-, from Polish nie-, from Old Polish nie-, from Old Polish nie, from Proto-Slavic ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic nē — not; no.

zalewajka (Polish): zalewajka

Definitions

  1. zalewajka

Ancestry of “zalewajka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishzalewaćto inundate, to flood
2Polishzalaćto inundate, to flood
3Polishza-Forms perfective semelfactive verbs, usually...
4Polishnie-un-, dis-, -less, non-
5Old Polishnie-generic negation prefix, used for adjectives, adverbs and participles; un-, dis-, -less, non
6Old Polishnienegation particle; no, not
7Proto-Slavicnenot
8Proto-Balto-Slavicnot
9Proto-Indo-Europeannot; no
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Polish za-Every word from Polish nie-