Where does “wyznacznik” come from?
wyznacznik (Polish) comes from Polish wyznaczać, from Polish -ać, from Old Polish -ć, from Old Polish ty, from Proto-Slavic ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
wyznacznik (Polish): determinant
Definitions
- determinant
Ancestry of “wyznacznik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | wyznaczać | to assign, to nominate, to name |
| 2 | Polish | -ać | forms imperfect and frequentative verb forms, causes both consonantal and vocalic sound changes within the stem |
| 3 | Old Polish | -ć | forms |
| 4 | Old Polish | ty | singular non-formal second person pronoun thou, you |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | ty | you |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tūˀ | you |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |