Where does “doživotí” come from?

doživotí (Czech) comes from Czech život, from Old Czech život, from Proto-Slavic životъ, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wo-teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

doživotí (Czech): life sentence

Definitions

  1. life sentence

Ancestry of “doživotí”, step by step

doživotí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech život

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechživotlife
2Old Czechživotlife
3Proto-Slavicživotъlife; belly
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wo-teh₂—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

via Czech do

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CzechdoAPI + "genitive"; into, in; to, in
2Old CzechdoDenotes allative movement; to, toward
3Proto-Slavicdȍup to, until
4Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wo-teh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic životъ →
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