Where does “porywający” come from?

porywający (Polish) comes from Polish porywać, 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.

porywający (Polish): charming, endearing, engaging, fascinating, fetching, winsome

Definitions

  1. charming, endearing, engaging, fascinating, fetching, winsome

Ancestry of “porywający”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishporywaćto abduct, kidnap, highjack
2Polish-aćforms imperfect and frequentative verb forms, causes both consonantal and vocalic sound changes within the stem
3Old Polishforms
4Old Polishtysingular non-formal second person pronoun thou, you
5Proto-Slavictyyou
6Proto-Balto-Slavictūˀyou
7Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂Every word from Polish -aćEvery word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tūˀ