Where does “niniejszy” come from?

niniejszy (Polish) comes from Polish -ejszy, from Old Polish -ejszy, from Old Polish -szy, from Proto-Slavic *-jьjь.

niniejszy (Polish): present, this

Definitions

  1. present, this

Ancestry of “niniejszy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-ejszyforms relational adjectives from temporal adverbs
2Old Polish-ejszyforms relational adjectives from temporal adverbs
3Old Polish-szyforms comparative adjectives; -er
4Proto-Slavic*-jьjь—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *-jьjь →Every word from Old Polish -szy →Every word from Polish -ejszy →
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