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See also: Appendix:Variations of "wy"

Old Polish

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *úd

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ū́

Proto-Slavic *vy-

Old Polish wy-

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vy-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /vi/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /vi/

Prefix

wy-

indicates movement outwards or away (e.g. from within); out-; ex-
‎wy- + ‎tłuc (“to hit”) → ‎wytłuc (“to hit out of [somewhere]”)

Derived terms

Descendants

Polish: wy-

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úd

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ū́

Proto-Slavic *vy-

Old Polish wy-

Polish wy-

Inherited from Old Polish wy-. Doublet of aut.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɘ/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɘ
Syllabification: wy-

Prefix

wy-

indicates movement outwards or away (e.g. from within); out; ex-
Antonym: w-

‎wy- + ‎rzucić (“to throw”) → ‎wyrzucić (“to throw away, discard”; “to eject, expel”)
attached to show utter completion (roughly equivalent to out-, up-, or ex-)
‎wy- + ‎mrzeć (“to die”) → ‎wymrzeć (“to die out”)

‎wy- + ‎jeść (“to eat”) → ‎wyjeść (“to eat out or up”)

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with wy-

wyadministrować

wyartykułować

wybłękitnieć

wyeksploatować

Further reading

“wy-”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

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