Etymology Explorer › Old Polish

Where does “pomóc” come from?

pomóc (Old Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic pomoťь, from Proto-Slavic moťь, from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis, from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ-.

Ancestry of “pomóc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpomoťьhelp
2Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ- →