Where does “-liwy” come from?
-liwy (Polish) comes from Polish -iwy, from Proto-Slavic -ivъ, from Proto-Slavic -vъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-was, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
Ancestry of “-liwy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | -iwy | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -ivъ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -vъ | From thematic declension of u-stem... |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *-was | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “-liwy”