Where does “byt” come from?
byt (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian byś, from Proto-Slavic *byti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic bū́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.
byt (Lower Sorbian): supine of byś
Ancestry of “byt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Lower Sorbian | byś | to be |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | *byti | — |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | bū́ˀtei | to be |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |