Where does “Chorąży” come from?

Chorąży (Polish) comes from Old Polish chorąży, 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 — to go.

Chorąży (Polish): chorąży

Definitions

  1. chorąży

Ancestry of “Chorąży”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishchorążyflag-bearer
2Old Polish-yforms adjectives
3Proto-Slavicthis; he
4Proto-Balto-Slavicthis
5Old Polishto go
6Proto-Slavicjьtito go
7Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

Words derived from “Chorąży

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éytiEvery word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei