Where does “žmudský” come from?
žmudský (Czech) comes from Czech Žmuď, from Polish Żmudź, from Lithuanian Žemaitija, from Lithuanian -ija, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
žmudský (Czech): Samogitian
Definitions
- Samogitian
Ancestry of “žmudský”, step by step
žmudský traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Czech Žmuď
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | Žmuď | — |
| 2 | Polish | Żmudź | Samogitian |
| 3 | Lithuanian | Žemaitija | lowland |
| 4 | Lithuanian | -ija | Added to form names of places or administrative... |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Czech ský
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | ský | — |