Where does “aboć” come from?

aboć (Polish) comes from Old Polish aboć, from Old Polish -ć, from Old Polish ty, from Proto-Slavic ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

aboć (Polish): introduces a rhetorical question

Definitions

  1. introduces a rhetorical question

Ancestry of “aboć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishaboć—
2Old Polish-ćforms
3Old Polishtysingular non-formal second person pronoun thou, you
4Proto-Slavictyyou
5Proto-Balto-Slavictūˀyou
6Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tūˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic ty →