wpoić (Polish)
Where does "wpoić" come from?
The Polish verb wpoić originated from the Proto-Indo-European root *peh₃-, which simply meant to drink. Through Proto-Slavic pojiti, the term originally evolved to describe the act of giving water to animals, before eventually shifting into the metaphorical sense of 'instilling' or 'drilling' ideas into someone's mind.
Full etymology tree
- wpoić (Polish), 'to drill, to instill, to inculcate'
- affix w- (Polish), 'indicates motion inside or inward'
- compound poić (Polish), 'to water; to drench (to give water to an animal)'
- inherited *pojiti (Proto-Slavic), 'to give to drink; to drench'
- inherited *poh₃y-éyeti (Proto-Indo-European)
- derived *peh₃y- (Proto-Indo-European)
- derived *peh₃- (Proto-Indo-European), 'to drink'
- derived *peh₃y- (Proto-Indo-European)
- inherited *poh₃y-éyeti (Proto-Indo-European)
- inherited *pojiti (Proto-Slavic), 'to give to drink; to drench'
Ancestors
- w- (Polish)
- poić (Polish)
Updated July 2026
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