potrzebny.
needed, necessary
Meaning & usage
needed, necessary
in need
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa Proto-Slavic *po Proto-Slavic *po- Proto-Indo-European *terp- Proto-Indo-European *terbʰ- Proto-Slavic *terba Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *-ati ? Proto-Slavic *terbati Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₁-der.? Proto-Slavic *-ovati Proto-Slavic *terbovati Proto-Slavic *poterbovati Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀ Proto-Slavic *-a Proto-Slavic *poterba Old Polish potrzeba Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Balto-Slavic *-inas Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ Old Polish -ny Old Polish potrzebny Polish potrzebny Inherited from Old Polish potrzebny. By surface analysis, potrzeba + -ny. Compare Czech potřebný, Kashubian pòtrzébny, Slovincian pôtrzébny, and Russian потре́бный (potrébnyj).
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