Where does “šroubovice” come from?

šroubovice (Czech) comes from Czech šroubovat, from Czech -ovat, from Old Czech -ovati, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

šroubovice (Czech): helix

Definitions

  1. helix

Ancestry of “šroubovice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechšroubovatto screw
2Czech-ovatverb forming suffix
3Old Czech-ovativerb forming suffix
4Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →Every word from Czech -ovat →Every word from Old Czech -ovati →