Where does “ôstać” come from?

ôstać (Silesian) comes from Old Polish ostać, from Old Polish o-, from Proto-Slavic o(b)- — over.

ôstać (Silesian): to become

Definitions

  1. to become

Ancestry of “ôstać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishostaćto stay, to not leave someone or some place
2Old Polisho-appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way, en-, be-, make
3Proto-Slavico(b)-over
Every word from Proto-Slavic o(b)- →Every word from Old Polish o- →Every word from Old Polish ostać →