Where does “by” come from?

by (Silesian) comes from Old Polish by, from Proto-Slavic *by.

by (Silesian): forms the conditional mood; would, would've

Definitions

  1. forms the conditional mood; would, would've

Ancestry of “by”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishbyintroduces a clause of aim; to, so that, in order to
2Proto-Slavic*by—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *by →Every word from Old Polish by →