Where does “ubożyć” come from?

ubożyć (Polish) comes from Polish ubogi, from Old Polish ubog, from Proto-Slavic ubogъ, from Proto-Slavic u, from Proto-Balto-Slavic au, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

ubożyć (Polish): to impoverish

Definitions

  1. to impoverish

Ancestry of “ubożyć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishubogipoor
2Old Polishubog—
3Proto-Slavicubogъpoor
4Proto-Slavicuat, near, by
5Proto-Balto-Slavicau—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic au →