Etymology Explorer › Old Polish

Where does “wy” come from?

wy (Old Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic vy, from Proto-Indo-European wōs.

Ancestry of “wy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvyyou, ye; you
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwōs—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wōs →