Where does “-śmy” come from?

-śmy (Polish) comes from Old Polish jeśmy, from Proto-Slavic *esmъ.

-śmy (Polish): First-person plural suffix

Definitions

  1. First-person plural suffix

Ancestry of “-śmy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishjeśmy—
2Proto-Slavic*esmъ—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *esmъ →Every word from Old Polish jeśmy →