Where does “використовуватися” come from?
використовуватися (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian використо́вувати, from Polish wykorzystywać, from Polish wykorzystać, from Polish korzystać, from Polish -ać, from Old Polish -ć, from Old Polish ty, from Proto-Slavic ty — you, thou.
використовуватися (Ukrainian): to be used
Definitions
- to be used
Ancestry of “використовуватися”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | використо́вувати | to use |
| 2 | Polish | wykorzystywać | to use, to utilise, to bring to bear |
| 3 | Polish | wykorzystać | to use, to utilise, to bring to bear |
| 4 | Polish | korzystać | to benefit, profit; to use, take advantage |
| 5 | Polish | -ać | forms imperfect and frequentative verb forms, causes both consonantal and vocalic sound changes within the stem |
| 6 | Old Polish | -ć | forms |
| 7 | Old Polish | ty | singular non-formal second person pronoun thou, you |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | ty | you |
| 9 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tūˀ | you |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |