Where does “chybać” come from?

chybać (Polish) comes from Polish chyba, from Old Polish chyba, from Proto-Slavic xyba, from Proto-Slavic xybati, from Proto-Indo-European kʷsewbʰ-.

chybać (Polish): to scamper, to scurry; to go away; to come; to run quickly

Definitions

  1. to scamper, to scurry; to go away; to come; to run quickly

Ancestry of “chybać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishchybaperhaps, maybe; unless
2Old Polishchybamistake, error, fault; except, apart from, but;...
3Proto-Slavicxybafault
4Proto-Slavicxybatito sway
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷsewbʰ-—

Words derived from “chybać”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷsewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic xybati →Every word from Proto-Slavic xyba →