Where does “przerywany” come from?
przerywany (Polish) comes from Polish przerywać, 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.
przerywany (Polish): broken, interrupted, spasmodic, discontinuous
Definitions
- broken, interrupted, spasmodic, discontinuous
Ancestry of “przerywany”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | przerywać | to disturb, to interrupt; to halt, to suspend, to... |
| 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 |