Where does “-y” come from?

-y (Polish) comes from Old Polish -y, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

-y (Polish): nominative plural ending of some masculine nouns;...

Definitions

  1. nominative plural ending of some masculine nouns;...

Ancestry of “-y”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polish-yforms adjectives
2Proto-Slavicjьthis; he
3Proto-Balto-Slaviciśthis
4Old Polishićto go
5Proto-Slavicjьtito go
6Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

Words derived from “-y”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →