Where does “ówczesny” come from?

ówczesny (Polish) comes from Polish ów, from Proto-Slavic ovъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic awas, from Classical Persian آواز, from Middle Persian ʾwʾz, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

ówczesny (Polish): contemporaneous

Definitions

  1. contemporaneous

Ancestry of “ówczesny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishówthat, the aforementioned
2Proto-Slavicovъthis
3Proto-Balto-Slavicawas—
4Classical Persianآواز—
5Middle Persianʾwʾzvoice, sound, tune
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs →Every word from Middle Persian ʾwʾz →