Where does “ależ” come from?

ależ (Old Polish) comes from Old Polish ale, from Proto-Slavic ale — but, however.

ależ (Old Polish): but

Definitions

  1. but

Ancestry of “ależ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old PolishaleIntroduces a contrastive clause; but
2Proto-Slavicalebut, however

Words derived from “ależ”

Every word from Proto-Slavic ale →Every word from Old Polish ale →