Where does “-awy” come from?
-awy (Polish) comes from Polish szpat, from German spät, from Middle High German spǣte, from Old High German spāti, from Proto-West Germanic *spādī, from Proto-Germanic spēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-tí-s, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.
-awy (Polish): -ish; -ous
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