Where does “bym” come from?

bym (Polish) comes from Polish by, from Old Polish by, from Proto-Slavic *by.

bym (Polish): a particle used to make conditional mood; would,...

Definitions

  1. a particle used to make conditional mood; would,...

Ancestry of “bym”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishbya particle used to make conditional mood; would,...
2Old Polishbyintroduces a clause of aim; to, so that, in order to
3Proto-Slavic*by—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *by →Every word from Old Polish by →Every word from Polish by →