Where does “-a” come from?

-a (Polish) comes from Old Polish -ą, from Proto-Slavic -a, from Proto-Indo-European -ōd.

-a (Polish): forms nominative feminine nouns

Definitions

  1. forms nominative feminine nouns

Ancestry of “-a”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polish-ąforms third person plural of verbs
2Proto-Slavic-aid
3Proto-Indo-European-ōd—

Words derived from “-a”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōd →Every word from Proto-Slavic -a →Every word from Old Polish -ą →