Where does “dělostřelectvo” come from?
dělostřelectvo (Czech) comes from Czech dělostřelec, from Czech střelec, from Slovak strelec, from Slovak -ec, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
dělostřelectvo (Czech): artillery
Definitions
- artillery
Ancestry of “dělostřelectvo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | dělostřelec | artilleryman, artillerist |
| 2 | Czech | střelec | shooter; gunner; bishop |
| 3 | Slovak | strelec | shooter; bishop |
| 4 | Slovak | -ec | Appended to nouns to form an agent noun; used... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -ьcь | Forms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from... |
| 6 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |