Where does “dowie” come from?
dowie (Polish) comes from Polish dowiedzieć, from Old Polish wiedzieć, from Proto-Slavic *vě̀děti — to know, to be familiar/aware of.
dowie (Polish): third-person singular future of dowiedzieć
Definitions
- third-person singular future of dowiedzieć
Ancestry of “dowie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | dowiedzieć | to find out |
| 2 | Old Polish | wiedzieć | to know as a fact |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | *vě̀děti | to know, to be familiar/aware of |