Where does “ПО” come from?

ПО (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic по, from Proto-Slavic po, from Proto-Indo-European h₂pó, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo — from, off, back; off, away; off, from.

ПО (Russian): software

Definitions

  1. software

Ancestry of “ПО”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicпоon, along, by
2Proto-Slavicpoafter; by; at
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂póoff, away
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epofrom, off, back; off, away; off, from

Words derived from “ПО”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂pó →Every word from Proto-Slavic po →