Where does “pracować” come from?

pracować (Silesian) comes from Old Polish pracować, from Latin -owac, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

pracować (Silesian): to work

Definitions

  1. to work

Ancestry of “pracować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishpracowaćto work, to labor
2Latin-owac
3Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovatiEvery word from Latin -owacEvery word from Old Polish pracować
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