Where does “ústavní” come from?
ústavní (Czech) comes from Czech ústav, from Czech ustavit, from Czech stavit, from Swedish stava, from Swedish stav, from Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ — to stand still; to harden.
ústavní (Czech): institute; constitutional
Definitions
- institute; constitutional
Ancestry of “ústavní”, step by step
ústavní traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Czech ústav
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | ústav | institute |
| 2 | Czech | ustavit | to constitute to cause to stand; to establish; to enact |
| 3 | Czech | stavit | To build; to come by, to stop by |
| 4 | Swedish | stava | to spell; to write the individual letters of a... |
| 5 | Swedish | stav | a staff, a rod; a letter |
| 6 | Old Swedish | staver | staff, cane |
| 7 | Old Norse | stafr | staff |
| 8 | Proto-Norse | ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | stabaz | staff, stick |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stebʰ- | to stand still; to harden |