gnać

Signification

1. to speed, to scamper, to rush
2. to drive, to chase (to impel or urge onward by force; to push forward)

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡnat͡ɕ/

Étymologie

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gъnàti (stem *žen-, whence the archaic present tense conjugation żonę, żeniesz...), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gúntei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰénti, from *gʷʰen- (“to slay, strike”).