Where does “železniční” come from?
železniční (Czech) comes from Czech železnice, from Czech -nice, from Czech -ník, from Old Czech -ník, from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...
železniční (Czech): railway, railroad
Ancestry of “železniční”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Czech | železnice | railroad, railway, rail transport |
| 2 | Czech | -nice | Nominal suffix |
| 3 | Czech | -ník | Nominal suffix |
| 4 | Old Czech | -ník | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -ьnikъ | From base concept nouns, forms agent nouns who... |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -ikъ | *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →... |