Where does “zawalidroga” come from?
zawalidroga (Polish) comes from Polish zawalić, from Polish za-, from Polish nie-, from Old Polish nie-, from Old Polish nie, from Proto-Slavic ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic nē, from Proto-Indo-European né — not; no.
zawalidroga (Polish): roadblock, obstacle, impediment
Definitions
- roadblock, obstacle, impediment
Ancestry of “zawalidroga”, step by step
zawalidroga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish zawalić
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | zawalić | to strew, to inundate, to encumber |
| 2 | Polish | za- | Forms perfective semelfactive verbs, usually... |
| 3 | Polish | nie- | un-, dis-, -less, non- |
| 4 | Old Polish | nie- | generic negation prefix, used for adjectives, adverbs and participles; un-, dis-, -less, non |
| 5 | Old Polish | nie | negation particle; no, not |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | ne | not |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | nē | not |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | né | not; no |