Where does “pałac” come from?
pałac (Polish) comes from Serbo-Croatian palac, from Polish -ać, from Old Polish -ć, from Old Polish ty, from Proto-Slavic ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
pałac (Polish): palace
Definitions
- palace
Ancestry of “pałac”, step by step
pałac traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian palac
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | palac | thumb; unit of measure, approximately an inch |
| 2 | Polish | -ać | forms imperfect and frequentative verb forms, causes both consonantal and vocalic sound changes within the stem |
| 3 | Old Polish | -ć | forms |
| 4 | Old Polish | ty | singular non-formal second person pronoun thou, you |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | ty | you |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tūˀ | you |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |
via Old Polish pałać
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Polish | pałać | — |