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Where does “Dvořákův” come from?

Dvořákův (Czech) comes from Czech Dvořák, from Czech -ák, from Proto-Slavic sъsàti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic suś-, from Proto-Indo-European sewk-, from Proto-Indo-European sewh₁- — to press, push.

Dvořákův (Czech): possessive of Dvořák: Dvořák's, Dvorakian

Definitions

  1. possessive of Dvořák: Dvořák's, Dvorakian

Ancestry of “Dvořákův”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CzechDvořák—
2Czech-ákgrader; from nouns forms nouns that indicate the...
3Proto-Slavicsъsàti—
4Proto-Balto-Slavicsuś-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansewk-to bend, turn; to suck
6Proto-Indo-Europeansewh₁-to press, push
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