Where does “dělo” come from?

dělo (Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic dělo, from Proto-Slavic děti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

dělo (Czech): cannon or large gun

Definitions

  1. cannon or large gun

Ancestry of “dělo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdělodeed; work
2Proto-Slavicdětito do; to put, to place; to thread, to pass...
3Proto-Balto-Slavicdḗˀteito put, to place; to do
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “dělo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic děti →
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