Where does “dobrodušný” come from?

dobrodušný (Czech) comes from Czech duch, from Old Czech duch, from Proto-Slavic duxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic daušás, from Proto-Indo-European dʰews-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰew- — to die, pass away; to run, flow.

dobrodušný (Czech): good-natured, kind

Definitions

  1. good-natured, kind

Ancestry of “dobrodušný”, step by step

dobrodušný traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech duch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechduchspirit; ghost
2Old Czechduch—
3Proto-Slavicduxъbreath; whiff; smell, odor
4Proto-Balto-Slavicdaušás—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰews-Alternative form of *dʰwes-; to lose one's...
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰew-to die, pass away; to run, flow

via Czech dobrý

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechdobrýgood; the third best mark in the 5-grade scale at...
2Old Czechdobrýgood
3Proto-Slavicdòbrъgood, right
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰews- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic daušás →
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