Where does “gdyby” come from?
gdyby (Polish) comes from Old Polish gdyby, from Old Polish -by, from Old Polish by, from Proto-Slavic *by.
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Ancestry of “gdyby”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Polish | gdyby | — |
| 2 | Old Polish | -by | — |
| 3 | Old Polish | by | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | *by | — |