Where does “-ż” come from?

-ż (Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic že, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ge, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

-ż (Polish): appended to create an emphatic form

Definitions

  1. appended to create an emphatic form

Ancestry of “-ż”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicžeso that, since; "emphatic enclitic"
2Proto-Balto-Slavicge—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

Words derived from “-ż”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ge →Every word from Proto-Slavic že →
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