Where does “wśród” come from?

wśród (Polish) comes from Old Polish weśród, from Proto-Slavic *serdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śerd-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerd- — heart.

wśród (Polish): denotes location of being surrounded; among

Definitions

  1. denotes location of being surrounded; among

Ancestry of “wśród”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishweśródinside
2Proto-Slavic*serdъ—
3Proto-Balto-Slavicśerd-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerd-heart
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerd- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic śerd- →Every word from Proto-Slavic *serdъ →