potrafiać

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó
Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa
Proto-Slavic *po
Proto-Slavic *po-
Old Polish po-
Polish po-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *drabaną
Proto-Germanic *drappōnąbf.
Proto-Germanic *drepaną
Proto-West Germanic *drepan
Old High German treffan
Middle High German treffen
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei
Proto-Slavic *-iti
Old Polish -ić
Old Polish trafić
Polish trafić
Polish potrafić
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei
Proto-Slavic *-ati
Old Polish -ać
Polish -ać
Polish potrafiać

    From potrafić + -ać.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    potrafiać impf (perfective potrafić)

    1. (intransitive, auxiliary, Kuyavia) to know how, to be able to, can

    Further reading

    • Oskar Kolberg (1867), “potrafiać”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 275
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