wz-

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъz-.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /vz/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /vz/

wz-

1. emphasizes the beginning, intensification, or bringing into effect of what the base verb means:

   ‎wz- + ‎mnożyć → ‎wzmnożyć

2. re-, again

   ‎wz- + ‎mawiać → ‎wzmawiać

3. upward, in an upward direction:

   ‎wz- + ‎ić → ‎wzić

• Polish: wz-

• ws-, wes-, wś-, wez-

Inherited from Old Polish wz-. Cognate with Lithuanian už (“within, instead of, in return for”), Latvian uz (“on, to”).

• IPA^(key): /vz/

wz-

1. emphasizes the beginning, intensification, or bringing into effect of what the base verb means:

   ‎wz- + ‎budzić (“to wake”) → ‎wzbudzić (“to arouse, evoke”)

   ‎wz- + ‎dychać (“to breathe”) → ‎wzdychać (“to sigh”)

   ‎wz- + ‎pomnieć (“to remember”) → ‎wspomnieć (“to reminisce”)

2. upward, in an upward direction:

   Antonym: z-

   ‎wz- + ‎piąć → ‎wspiąć się

   ‎wz- + ‎chodzić → ‎wschodzić