Where does “postać” come from?

postać (Polish) comes from Polish stać, from Polish stojać, from Proto-Slavic stojati, from Proto-Slavic stojěti, from Proto-Slavic -ěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁ti — Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;...

postać (Polish): figure, form

Definitions

  1. figure, form

Ancestry of “postać”, step by step

postać traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish stać

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishstaćto stand; to stagnate; to happen, to bechance
2Polishstojać
3Proto-Slavicstojatito stand
4Proto-Slavicstojěti
5Proto-Slavic-ětiInherited, stative; Deadjectival, inchoative;...
6Proto-Balto-Slavic-ēˀtei
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₁tiCreates stative verbs from perfective roots;...

via Old Polish postać

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishpostaćtype, kind
2Proto-Slavic*postati

Words derived from “postać

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁tiEvery word from Proto-Slavic -ětiEvery word from Proto-Slavic stojěti
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