Where does “pobyć” come from?

pobyć (Polish) comes from Polish być, from Polish móc, from Old Polish móc, from Proto-Slavic moťь, from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis, from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ- — to be able.

pobyć (Polish): to stay for some time, to be somewhere temporarily

Definitions

  1. to stay for some time, to be somewhere temporarily

Ancestry of “pobyć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishbyćto be
2Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
3Old Polishmóccan, may, to be able to
4Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-to be able
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis →Every word from Proto-Slavic moťь →
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