Where does “choćby” come from?

choćby (Silesian) comes from Silesian choć, from Old Polish choć, from Old Polish chocia, from Proto-Slavic *xotěti.

choćby (Silesian): as if

Definitions

  1. as if

Ancestry of “choćby”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Silesianchoćalthough, though
2Old Polishchoćthough
3Old Polishchociathough, although
4Proto-Slavic*xotěti—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *xotěti →Every word from Old Polish chocia →Every word from Old Polish choć →