Where does “właśnie” come from?

właśnie (Polish) comes from Old Polish właśnie, from Old Polish -ie, from Proto-Slavic -ę, from Proto-Indo-European -ę.

właśnie (Polish): actually

Definitions

  1. actually

Ancestry of “właśnie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishwłaśniecorrectly, properly
2Old Polish-ieforms adverbs from adjectives
3Proto-Slavic-ęForms nouns for young animals and other...
4Proto-Indo-European-ę—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ę →Every word from Old Polish -ie →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ę →