wz-
See also: 🄮
Old Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъz-.
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
wz-
- emphasizes the beginning, intensification, or bringing into effect of what the base verb means:
- re-, again
- upward, in an upward direction:
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Polish: wz-
Polish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish wz-. Cognate with Lithuanian už (“within, instead of, in return for”), Latvian uz (“on, to”).
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
wz-
- emphasizes the beginning, intensification, or bringing into effect of what the base verb means:
- upward, in an upward direction:
- Antonym: z-
- wz- + piąć → wspiąć się
- wz- + chodzić → wschodzić