Where does “chvilkový” come from?
chvilkový (Czech) comes from Czech chvilka, from Czech chvíle, from Middle High German wīle, from Old High German wīla, from Proto-West Germanic hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic hwīlō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷyeh₁- — to rest; rest, peace.
chvilkový (Czech): momentary
Ancestry of “chvilkový”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Czech | chvilka | Diminutive of chvíle; moment, second, while |
| 2 | Czech | chvíle | moment |
| 3 | Middle High German | wīle | — |
| 4 | Old High German | wīla | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hwīlu | period of rest, pause; time, period of time,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hwīlō | time, period of time, while; period of rest,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷyeh₁- | to rest; rest, peace |