Where does “bavlník” come from?

bavlník (Czech) comes from Czech bavlna, from Old Czech bavlna, from Middle High German boumwolle.

bavlník (Czech): cotton (any plant of the genus Gossypium)

Definitions

  1. cotton (any plant of the genus Gossypium)

Ancestry of “bavlník”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechbavlnacotton
2Old Czechbavlnacotton the textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant
3Middle High Germanboumwolle—
Every word from Middle High German boumwolle →Every word from Old Czech bavlna →Every word from Czech bavlna →