Where does “złamać” come from?

złamać (Upper Sorbian) comes from Upper Sorbian łamać, from Proto-Slavic *lamati, from Proto-Indo-European lem- — to crush; fragile; to break, soften; open jaws.

złamać (Upper Sorbian): to break

Definitions

  1. to break

Ancestry of “złamać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Upper Sorbianłamaćto break
2Proto-Slavic*lamatito break
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlem-to crush; fragile; to break, soften; open jaws
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lem- →Every word from Proto-Slavic *lamati →Every word from Upper Sorbian łamać →
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