Where does “ocop” come from?

ocop (Romanian) comes from Polish okop, from Polish okopać, from Polish o-, from Old Polish o-, from Proto-Slavic o(b)- — over.

ocop (Romanian): trench

Definitions

  1. trench

Ancestry of “ocop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishokoptrench
2Polishokopaćto dig around, to dig out
3Polisho-prefix indicating a perfective verb
4Old Polisho-appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way, en-, be-, make
5Proto-Slavico(b)-over
Every word from Proto-Slavic o(b)- →Every word from Polish o- →Every word from Old Polish o- →