Where does “по́шта” come from?

по́шта (Ukrainian) comes from Polish poczta, from Italian posta, from Italian posto, from Latin positus, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.

по́шта (Ukrainian): mail, post

Definitions

  1. mail, post

Ancestry of “по́шта”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpocztamail; post; post office
2Italianpostamail, post; post office; stakes
3Italianpostoplace, spot
4Latinpositusplaced; ordained
5Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
6Proto-Italicpoznō—
7Proto-Italicpozinō—
8Proto-Italicsinō—

Words derived from “по́шта”

Every word from Proto-Italic sinō →Every word from Proto-Italic pozinō →Every word from Proto-Italic poznō →