Where does “jeżeliby” come from?

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

jeżeliby (Polish): if... then

Definitions

  1. if... then

Ancestry of “jeżeliby”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-byconditional mood marker
2Old Polish-by[[conditional mood
3Old Polishbyintroduces a clause of aim; to, so that, in order to
4Proto-Slavic*by—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *by →Every word from Old Polish -by →Every word from Polish -by →