Where does “samowolny” come from?

samowolny (Polish) comes from Polish samowola, from Polish wola, from Old Polish wola, from Proto-Slavic *voľà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic wáljāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European welh₁- — to choose; to want.

samowolny (Polish): arbitrary, lawless, self-willed, wilful

Definitions

  1. arbitrary, lawless, self-willed, wilful

Ancestry of “samowolny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishsamowolalawlessness
2Polishwolawill; inflection of wole: ## genitive singular ##...
3Old Polishwolawill
4Proto-Slavic*voľàwill
5Proto-Balto-Slavicwáljāˀwill
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₁-to choose; to want
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₁- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic wáljāˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic *voľà →