Etymology Explorer › Old Polish

Where does “prosty” come from?

prosty (Old Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic prostъ, from Proto-Indo-European pro-sth₂o-.

Ancestry of “prosty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicprostъsimple, straight
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-sth₂o-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pro-sth₂o- →