Where does “-że” come from?

-że (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.

-że (Polish): Intensifying or emphatic suffix, appended to...

Definitions

  1. Intensifying or emphatic suffix, appended to...

Ancestry of “-że”, 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 “-że”

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