Where does “aleć” come from?

aleć (Silesian) comes from Old Polish aleć, from Old Polish -ć, from Old Polish ty, from Proto-Slavic ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

aleć (Silesian): but, however

Definitions

  1. but, however

Ancestry of “aleć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old PolishalećIntroduces a contrasting clause; but
2Old Polish-ćforms
3Old Polishtysingular non-formal second person pronoun thou, you
4Proto-Slavictyyou
5Proto-Balto-Slavictūˀyou
6Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tūˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic ty →