Where does “tym” come from?
tym (Polish) comes from Polish Tymoteusz, from Latin Timotheus, from Ancient Greek Τιμόθεος, from Ancient Greek Θεός, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
tym (Polish): inflection of ten: ## instrumental/locative...
Definitions
- inflection of ten: ## instrumental/locative...
Ancestry of “tym”, step by step
tym traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish Tymoteusz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | Tymoteusz | — |
| 2 | Latin | Timotheus | Timothy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Τιμόθεος | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Θεός | God |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Old Polish tym
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Polish | tym | used in parallel, conditional or comparative statements; the |
| 2 | Old Polish | to | intensifying particle |
| 3 | Old Polish | li | interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | li | question-forming interrogative particle |
via Russian Тым
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | Тым | — |