Where does “abyć” come from?

abyć (Polish) comes from Polish aby, from Old Polish aby, from Proto-Slavic *aby — as long as.

abyć (Polish): to, in order to, so that

Definitions

  1. to, in order to, so that

Ancestry of “abyć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishabyto, in order to, so that
2Old Polishabyintroduces a clause of aim; to, in order to, so that
3Proto-Slavic*abyas long as
Every word from Proto-Slavic *aby →Every word from Old Polish aby →Every word from Polish aby →