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Where does “wybuchnąć” come from?

wybuchnąć (Polish) comes from Serbo-Croatian -nac, from Czech co, from Old Czech čso, from Proto-Slavic česo, from Proto-Slavic čь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ki, from Proto-Indo-European kʷíd, from Proto-Indo-European kʷís — interrogative base.

wybuchnąć (Polish): to explode; to flare up; to burst with anger

Definitions

  1. to explode; to flare up; to burst with anger

Ancestry of “wybuchnąć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-nac—
2Czechcowhat; that; isn't it so, don't you think?
3Old Czechčso—
4Proto-Slavicčeso—
5Proto-Slavicčьwhat; alternative form of *čьto
6Proto-Balto-Slavickiwhat
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷídneuter nominative/accusative singular of *kʷís
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷíswho, what; who, which, that; which, what
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷi-interrogative base
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