Where does “wymarły” come from?

wymarły (Polish) comes from Polish wymrzeć, from Polish wy-, from Proto-Slavic vy-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ū́, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

wymarły (Polish): extinct

Definitions

  1. extinct

Ancestry of “wymarły”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishwymrzećto die out, to go extinct
2Polishwy-Indicates movement outwards or away
3Proto-Slavicvy-out
4Proto-Balto-Slavicū́—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Polish wy- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ū́ →