Where does “zapowiadać” come from?

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

zapowiadać (Polish): to announce; to herald, to portend

Definitions

  1. to announce; to herald, to portend

Ancestry of “zapowiadać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishzapowiadaćto prohibit, to ban, to not allow certain actions
2Old Polishza-derives verbs of various meanings
3Proto-Slavicza-for

Words derived from “zapowiadać”

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