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 Polishmójfirst person possessive pronoun; my, mine
2Proto-Slavicmojьmy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméynosmy; mine
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeito fix, to build fortifications or fences
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mei →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méynos →Every word from Proto-Slavic mojь →