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Where does “břichomluvectví” come from?

břichomluvectví (Czech) comes from Czech břichomluvec, from Czech břichomluva, from Czech mluvit, from Czech mluviti, from Proto-Slavic mъlviti, from Proto-Indo-European mluH-, from Proto-Indo-European mlewH- — to say.

břichomluvectví (Czech): ventriloquism

Definitions

  1. ventriloquism

Ancestry of “břichomluvectví”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechbřichomluvecventriloquist
2Czechbřichomluvaventriloquism
3Czechmluvitto speak
4CzechmluvitiObsolete form of mluvit
5Proto-Slavicmъlvitito speak, to say
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanmluH-—
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanmlewH-to say
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