Where does “dívčí” come from?
dívčí (Czech) comes from Czech i, from Latin I, from Etruscan 𐌉, from Ancient Greek Ι, from Phoenician 𐤉, from Egyptian 𓂝.
dívčí (Czech): girl, girl's, girls'
Ancestry of “dívčí”, step by step
dívčí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Czech i
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Czech | i | and (also), and even |
| 2 | Latin | I | i |
| 3 | Etruscan | 𐌉 | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ι | The number one in Greek numerals resp. Attic... |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤉 | yod; yodh |
| 6 | Egyptian | 𓂝 | — |
via Czech dívka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Czech | dívka | girl |
| 2 | Old Czech | dievka | girl; maiden |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | děvъka | girl, young woman |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |