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Where does “cizinec” come from?

cizinec (Czech) comes from Czech cizí, from Old Czech cuzí, from Proto-Slavic ťuďь, from Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰, from Proto-Germanic þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European tewtéh₂, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

cizinec (Czech): foreigner, stranger

Definitions

  1. foreigner, stranger

Ancestry of “cizinec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechcizístrange, unfamiliar; foreign
2Old Czechcuzí—
3Proto-Slavicťuďьforeign, alien, strange
4Gothic𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰people, tribe; the heathen
5Proto-Germanicþeudōpeople, tribe
6Proto-Indo-Europeantewtéh₂people, tribe
7Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
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