Where does “mój” come from?
mój (Old Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic mojь, from Proto-Indo-European méynos, from Proto-Indo-European mei — to fix, to build fortifications or fences.
Ancestry of “mój”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | mojь | my |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | méynos | my; mine |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mei | to fix, to build fortifications or fences |