Where does “dokonce” come from?
dokonce (Czech) comes from Czech konec, from Old Czech konec, from Proto-Slavic konьcь, from Proto-Slavic konъ, from Proto-Slavic čęti — to begin.
dokonce (Czech): even
Ancestry of “dokonce”, step by step
dokonce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Czech konec
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Czech | konec | end |
| 2 | Old Czech | konec | end |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | konьcь | end; thread, string |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | konъ | beginning; end |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | čęti | to begin |
via Czech do
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Czech | do | API + "genitive"; into, in; to, in |
| 2 | Old Czech | do | Denotes allative movement; to, toward |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | dȍ | up to, until |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |