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Where does “čertice” come from?

čertice (Czech) comes from Czech -ice, from Old Czech -icě, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

čertice (Czech): female devil

Definitions

  1. female devil

Ancestry of “čertice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czech-iceSuffix indicating that the word is of the...
2Old Czech-icě—
3Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...
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