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Where does “mój” come from?

mój (Polish) comes from Old Polish mój, from Proto-Slavic mojь, from Proto-Indo-European méynos, from Proto-Indo-European mei — to fix, to build fortifications or fences.

mój (Polish): my, mine

Definitions

  1. my, mine

Ancestry of “mój”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishmój—
2Proto-Slavicmojьmy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméynosmy; mine
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeito fix, to build fortifications or fences
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