Where does “že” come from?

že (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic ge, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

že (Proto-Slavic): so that, since; "emphatic enclitic"

Definitions

  1. so that, since; "emphatic enclitic"

Ancestry of “že”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicge—
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

Words derived from “že”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ge →